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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Yeonmi get home from the hospital in Chapter 11?

2. What did Yeonmi weigh when she was born?`

3. What might temperatures reach in the winter at Hyesan?

4. In the Prologue, where did Yeonmi and her mother cross the border into China?

5. In Chapter 11, when did Yeonmi's father come to the hospital with the news that Eunmi was missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how was Park Jin Sik mistreated during the Lunar New Year celebration at his brother's house?

2. What was it like to travel from Hyesan to Pyongyang?

3. What talents did Keum Sook have?

4. How was every subject students learn in school delivered with propaganda?

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

6. When and why was Yeonmi able to visit Pyongyang?

7. How did Yeonmi follow her parents' footsteps in Chapter 8?

8. How was Park Jin Sik tortured in Pyongyang?

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

10. Who was Chun Guen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Hongwei tried to buy Yeonmi’s affections, she had an epiphany about happiness. What did Yeonmi realize about happiness?

Essay Topic 2

Yeonmi decided she had a debt to repay. Why did Yeonmi decide she had a debt to repay and how did she decide to repay her debt?

Essay Topic 3

Yeonmi suffered from extreme anxiety and PTSD after coming to South Korea. Why did Yeonmi suffer from anxiety and PTSD after coming to South Korea?

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