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

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

3. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Uncle Opium.
(b) Anju's magistrate.
(c) Hyesan's chief of police.
(d) Aunt Pretty.

4. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?
(a) A train.
(b) A plane.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A trolley.

5. At what age does Hyeonseo first visit South Korea?
(a) 14.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?

2. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?

3. On what condition had Hyeonseo's grandparents agreed to allow their son to marry Hyeonseo's mother?

4. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?

5. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?

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