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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 31-36 and Part Three: Journey into Darkness, Chapters 37-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason is Uncle Opium protected from investigation?
(a) Because he is rich.
(b) Because of his high songbun.
(c) Because he lives off the grid.
(d) Because his brother-in-law is related to the Kims.

2. Hyeonseo's "Uncle" (105) Jung-gil is actually not her biological uncle, but is instead related to her in what way?
(a) He is her mother's uncle.
(b) He is a friend of the family.
(c) He is her father's cousin.
(d) He is her second cousin.

3. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?
(a) She put money on the baby's lap.
(b) She flagged down a policeman.
(c) She called for an ambulance.
(d) She put money in the mother's hand.

4. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?
(a) Its merchant class.
(b) Its proximity to Pyongyang.
(c) Its military status.
(d) Its location across the Yalu River from China.

5. What punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?
(a) She vows never to marry.
(b) She vows to walk everywhere she goes for one year.
(c) She vows never to hurt another man again.
(d) She vows to eat only plain rice for one month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amount of money does the Bowibu tell Hyeonseo's mother can be paid so that Hyeonseo can come home and will not be charged with a crime?

2. With what implements do the North Korean police beat Min-ho during his interrogation?

3. Once Hyeonseo changes her mind and decides that she does want to see Kim before he goes back to Seoul, what does she do?

4. What result of a medical check-up convinces Hyeonseo that she is about to die?

5. At what age does Hyeonseo witness her first public execution?

(see the answer key)

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