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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 19-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?
(a) 10%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 20%.

2. Why does Hyeonseo not start kindergarten in Hyesan as she had thought she would?
(a) Her mother decides to teach her at home.
(b) The family's house burns down and they are relocated to a new city.
(c) Her father's job is transferred to a new city.
(d) Her mother's job is transferred to a new city.

3. What was the title of Hyeonseo's favorite song and is also the title of Chapter 10 of her memoir?
(a) Come to Me.
(b) Rocky Island.
(c) Gangnam Style.
(d) Jailhouse Rock.

4. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?
(a) 51.
(b) 75.
(c) 36.
(d) 11.

5. Who are the bowibu?
(a) Secret police in South Korea.
(b) Secret police in North Korea.
(c) Secret police in North Korea.
(d) Secret police in Laos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?

2. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?

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

4. What was the sentence given to the family deported for the father's mistake of rolling a cigarette using a piece of newspaper and failing to notice a picture of the Great Leader on the other side of the scrap?

5. What was NOT a characteristic of the special class Hyeonseo began taking when she was 15?

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