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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. Attendance at what event is mandatory for children from the time they enter North Korean elementary school?
(a) A children's party given on the anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth.
(b) Public hangings.
(c) National concerts.
(d) Taekwondo tournaments.

2. About what malady is Hyeonseo speaking when she says that her father displayed signs of "an illness that is not acknowledged in North Korea" (67)?
(a) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
(b) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anxiety.

3. How old is Hyeonseo when the family's home catches on fire?
(a) 17.
(b) 24.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

4. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 20.

5. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?
(a) Two pieces of identification.
(b) Two photo albums.
(c) Two cats.
(d) Two portraits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what city does Hyeonseo's family move after leaving Hyesan?

3. When the Socialist Youth League performed work in the summer, they dug tunnels around Hyeonseo's school. What type of work did they engage in during the other three seasons that year?

4. Even though it meant shopping for food every day, for what reason did Hyeonseo's mother eschew the latest trend of buying a refrigerator from China?

5. Hyeonseo says that she has learned that people can do without almost anything, but they cannot do without what?

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