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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. What did Park Jin Sik sell on the black market when he became a black market operator?

2. How does Yeonmi get back to her apartment from the hospital in Chapter 11?

3. In 2000, how many times a month could Yeonmi's family eat meat?

4. When did Yeonmi's parents meet one another?

5. In Chapter 5, how does Yeonmi remember that her grandmother Hwang died?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how did Yeonmi and her mother cross the border into China?

2. How did Park Jin Sik's family lose their favorable social and political status?

3. What were the circumstances of Yeonmi's birth, and why was her health precarious?

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

5. What talents did Keum Sook have?

6. Where was Park Jin Sik most of the time between 1998 and 2002, and what was he doing?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

North Korea has a caste system. What is the caste system like in North Korean? How does it affect a person’s destiny?

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

Keum Sook and Yeonmi escaped to China. Why did Keum Sook and Yeonmi decide to escape to China?

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