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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many North Korea-operated restaurants exist in Shanghai, according to Hyeonseo's account?
(a) Two.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

2. When Hyeonseo's mother is ordered to appear at the Bowibu headquarters in Hyesan, what does she do?
(a) She makes a plan to flee to Laos.
(b) She goes to the Bowibu headquarters in Hyesan.
(c) She takes Min-ho to South Korea.
(d) She goes to stay with Aunt Pretty in Hamhung.

3. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?
(a) Hyeonseo's mother.
(b) Kim.
(c) The restaurant manager.
(d) Min-ho.

4. How does Hyeonseo escape the painful and confusing truth her Uncle Jung-gil shares with her about North Korea?
(a) She focuses on her ice cream.
(b) She focuses on her cigarette.
(c) She focuses on her watch.
(d) She focuses on feeling sleepy.

5. When Hyeonseo's mother tells her not to come back to Hyesan because the family is under suspicion due to Hyeonseo's absence, what does she tell Hyeonseo she plans to do?
(a) Find a way to get the whole family to South Korea.
(b) Fake Hyeonseo's death.
(c) Sell the house and move.
(d) Come to China and get her.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?

2. What does Hyeonseo say becomes a main topic of conversation between herself and Ok-hee once they see the television news story about the North Korean defectors?

3. What two items does Hyeonseo's mother give to the head of the investigation team in order to have her name removed from the list of suspects?

4. What percent chance does Ok-hee say she believes she and Hyeonseo have of succeeding in their plans to move to a different country?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Hyeonseo goes to Xita to find a job, what is the outcome?

2. How does Hyeonseo describe Ok-hee and what does Hyeonseo find out the two women have in common?

3. How does Hyeonseo feel every time she walks into the Shanghai restaurant called Pyongyang Okryugwan and why?

4. What are Geun-soo's mother's views regarding what kind of women Geun-soo should date?

5. What causes Hyeonseo to make the decision not to marry Geun-soo?

6. What secret does Hyeonseo keep from Geun-soo, though she does tell him that she is North Korean?

7. What does Hyeonseo long for just before she again meets her previous acquaintance Ok-hee?

8. How does Hyeonseo compare and contrast the two countries of North Korea and China through description of each country's restaurants?

9. What plan does Hyeonseo invent in order to reach South Korea?

10. How is the theme of deception as a means of survival portrayed within Hyeonseo's escape from her job at the men's salon?

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