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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 10-12 and Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does seo mean in Korean?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Smile.
(c) Health.
(d) Wealth.

2. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?
(a) Courage.
(b) A good work ethic.
(c) A sense of humor.
(d) Stubbornness.

3. Only members of which class are allowed to live in Pyongyang?
(a) Elite.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Loyal.
(d) Wavering.

4. How long after Hyeonseo's father disappeared did the family hear that he had been released to a hospital in Hyesan?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two weeks.

5. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.
(b) Education stops after the age of 8.
(c) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(d) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?

2. In 1992, the North Korean government launched a widely publicized campaign called "Let us eat" (55), how many meals per day?

3. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?

4. For what reason is Uncle Opium protected from investigation?

5. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?

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