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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. In Chapter 17, what hours would women chat online?

2. How long were Yeonmi and her mother in Mongolia before a soldier ran up to them?

3. When did China purge churches during the Cultural Revolution?

4. In Chapter 13, when did Hongwei hire a borker to find Park Jin Sik?

5. How much was Hongwei giving Yeonmi and her mother for food weekly in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, why did Yeonmi spend a month when she refused to leave her apartment?

2. What bargain did Yeonmi make with Hongwei?

3. Why was Yeonmi's group one of the last sent to Mongolia from the Qingdao mission?

4. What work did Myung Ok do?

5. What happened when Yeonmi and her mother crossed the river into China?

6. In Chapter 12, what did the broker tell Keum Sook when she asked about Eunmi?

7. To whom was Keum Sook sold in Chapter 12, and what was her life like?

8. How do Yeonmi and her mother get to Mongolia?

9. Where did Yeonmi and her mother get an apartment and how did they furnish it?

10. What did Yeonmi do with her father's remains when he died?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Park Jin Sik started a smuggling business. Why did Yeonmi believe her father would have been a businessman in any place other than North Korea? How did his entrepreneurial endeavors make him an outlaw in North Korea?

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