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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Prologue, and Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?
(a) Like a chrysanthemum.
(b) Like a snapdragon.
(c) Like a water lily.
(d) Like a peony.

2. What document does a North Korean citizen need in order to even leave their local county?
(a) A travel permit.
(b) A summons from the government.
(c) A North Korean ID.
(d) A work permit.

3. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?
(a) Almost drowning.
(b) Almost suffocating.
(c) Almost getting hit by a train.
(d) Almost being beaten to death by a soldier.

4. How many broad categories exist within the caste system of songbun?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

5. For North Korean citizens, joining the Young Pioneer Corps is compulsory in the years between what two ages?
(a) 8-18.
(b) 9-14.
(c) 10-16.
(d) 6-12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Only members of which class are allowed to live in Pyongyang?

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

3. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?

4. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?

5. The author states that once she entered kindergarten, she never again belonged to her parents, but instead belonged to whom?

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