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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. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) Mr. Ahn's family.
(b) Aunt Pretty's family.
(c) Uncle Opium's family.
(d) Uncle Cinema's family.

2. What is NOT a quality named by Hyeonseo in her list of beliefs North Koreans held about The Great Leader before his death?
(a) The Great Leader is omniscient.
(b) The Great Leader does not sleep.
(c) The Great Leader is immortal.
(d) The Great Leader does not urinate.

3. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?
(a) The violin.
(b) The accordion.
(c) The samisen.
(d) The xylophone.

4. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Heart attack.

5. What was NOT a characteristic of the special class Hyeonseo began taking when she was 15?
(a) The class taught knitting skills.
(b) The class taught housekeeping skills.
(c) The class was for girls only.
(d) There were only three girls in the class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the bowibu?

2. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?

3. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?

4. What document does a North Korean citizen need in order to even leave their local county?

5. How long after Hyeonseo's father disappeared did the family hear that he had been released to a hospital in Hyesan?

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