Q 01/05

How did Shin Dong-hyuk, the subject of Escape from Camp 14, first come to be a prisoner in the camp?

A) He was born there

B) He was caught defecting

C) He insulted the leader

D) He stole state grain

Answer · why

A) He was born there

He was born there, to two prisoners whom guards had allowed to marry as a reward for good work. Children of inmates counted as prisoners from birth.

Q 02/05

How did Shin Dong-hyuk survive the electric fence that killed his fellow escapee from Camp 14, Park Yong Chul?

A) Dug beneath it after midnight

B) Wore stolen rubber boots

C) Crawled over his friend's body

D) Cut the wires with factory shears

Answer · why

C) Crawled over his friend's body

Shin crawled over his friend's body after Park, first to the wires, was electrocuted and his weight dragged the bottom strand down to open a gap.

Q 03/05

In Escape from Camp 14, what does Shin Dong-hyuk do after overhearing his mother and brother discuss fleeing?

A) Begs to go along with them

B) Reports them to a guard

C) Warns his father

D) Keeps it secret

Answer · why

B) Reports them to a guard

Shin reports them to a guard, as camp children were trained to do: the rules said any witness to an escape attempt who kept quiet would be shot.

Q 04/05

Which animals did Camp 14 prisoners such as Shin Dong-hyuk catch and eat to ward off the deadly disease pellagra?

A) Sparrows

B) Lizards

C) Crows

D) Rats

Answer · why

D) Rats

Rats supplied the protein and niacin missing from a diet of cabbage and gruel, and catching them became a passion for Shin, who roasted them on a gril...

Q 05/05

Which Steven Spielberg film has Camp 14 survivor Shin Dong-hyuk named as the one that moves him most?

A) Saving Private Ryan

B) Schindler's List

C) Empire of the Sun

D) The Color Purple

Answer · why

B) Schindler's List

Schindler's List stands out for a man who says music stirs no emotion in him at all, while footage of the Holocaust moves him to tears.