Every Falling Star Memoir

Who is the author of Every Falling Star?

• Kim Il Sung

• Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

• Kim Jong II

• Geum Hyok Kim

What is the setting of the memoir?

• Joseon

• Pyongyang, North Korea

• 20th century

• Pyongyang, North Korea in the 1990s

Which characters have we been introduced to so far?

• A North Korean boy, his mom and his dad, his grandparents, and classmates

• Sungju Lee (a North Korean boy), his father (a prominent military officer) and his mother

• Sungju's grandfather (a doctor) and his grandmother

• Young-bum, Chulho and Sangchul (classmates in Gyeong-seong)

Which literary element would you use to describe this information: The son of a prominent military officer, Sungju Lee has plenty of food to eat, loving parents, and a nice bed to sleep in. But when Sungju’s father falls out of favor with the North Korean government, his family is booted from the capital city of Pyongyang.

• theme

• plot

• mood

• setting

Who is the narrator of Every Falling Star?

• Sungju Lee, in the first-person perspective, using the past tense

• Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

• A 2016 memoir by Sungju Lee

• Sungju Lee, in the third-person perspective, using the present tense

Which themes have you identified in the story so far?

• survival

• government control

• freedom

• extreme poverty

How can the tone and mood of the memoir be described?

• frustration

• fear

• anger

• deperation