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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 16 when Huang took Yeonmi to another luxury apartment, how many young women were living there?

2. Near what town did Yeonmi bury her father's ashes?

3. In Chapter 20, what element was always present in nightmares Yeonmi had?

4. How much of Yeonmi's earning did the bosses of the chat room take?

5. In Chapter 19 in the secure compound in the countryside, what did the defectors sleep on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was learned about Park Jin Sik's condition after he went to a hospital in China?

3. In Chapter 16, why was Keum Sook sold again?

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

5. What did Hongwei do when he started to run out of money in Chapter 16?

6. What happened shortly after Yeonmi and her mother crossed into Mongolia?

7. Why was Keum Sook taken to the hospital in Chapter 21?

8. In Chapter 13, what did Yeonmi realize about happiness?

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

10. What work did Myung Ok do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plans for the escape to Mongolia fell into place for Yeonmi and her mother. How did the plans to escape to Mongolia fall into place for Yeonmi and her mother? What role did she believe luck played in their escape?

Essay Topic 2

North Koreans were brainwashed. How and why were North Koreans brainwashed?

Essay Topic 3

Yeonmi found freedom to be different from what she expected. How was freedom different from what Yeonmi expected? Why did she believe that freedom could be cruel and difficult?

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