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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yeonmi's Grandfather Byeon lose an arm and a leg?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Fell asleep on railroad tracks.
(c) In an industrial accident.
(d) In the military.

2. When did Yeonmi arrive in South Korea?
(a) Winter 2009.
(b) Fall 2009.
(c) Spring 2009.
(d) Summer 2009.

3. How long had Park Jin Sik been in prison in Chapter 9?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. In Chapter 9, how old was Yeonmi?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. In Chapter 8, where did Aunt Min Hee take Yeonmi to live with her?
(a) Songnam-ri.
(b) Sou-ri.
(c) Mosi-ri.
(d) Yangdae-ri.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who helped Yeonmi get up the stairs to her apartment after she left the hospital?

2. When Park Jin Sik moved back to Hyesan, on what floor was his apartment in Chapter 9?

3. When was Park Jin Sik born?

4. In Chapter 11, when did Yeonmi and her mother go to the house of the girl who left with Eunmi?

5. In Chapter 9, when did Keum Sook have to go into hiding?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where was capitalism alive and well?

2. In the Prologue, what did Yeonmi see and learn from her journey to be free?

3. What brief history did Yeonmi share about Korea in Chapter 2?

4. How did Park Jin Sik get the warden to release him from prison for sick leave?

5. In Chapter 11, how did Yeonmi get home from the hospital?

6. In Chapter 10, why did Yeonmi have to go to the hospital?

7. Where did Yeonmi and her family live when she was very young, and what was the house like?

8. In Chapter 9, how does Yeonmi describe her father and the changes in him when she sees him?

9. Why was Keum Sook's family considered to be untrustworthy?

10. What did the boys who led Yeonmi and Keum Sook tell them to say when they crossed the river in Chapter 11?

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