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

2. 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?
(a) They are sent to a potato digging work farm.
(b) The family's home is searched daily for a span of five years.
(c) The adults are executed and the children are sent to the gulag.
(d) The family is sent to a Chinese prison.

3. The author states that once she entered kindergarten, she never again belonged to her parents, but instead belonged to whom?
(a) Kim Jong-il.
(b) The state.
(c) Kim Il-sung.
(d) Her future husband.

4. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?
(a) The xylophone.
(b) The samisen.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The violin.

5. What example is given of a person who would inhabit the lowest level of songbun?
(a) A thief.
(b) A murderer whose victim is of higher status.
(c) A political prisoner with no hope of release.
(d) A heretic.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason is Uncle Opium protected from investigation?

2. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?

3. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?

4. What was the one luxury Hyeonseo says her family bought after moving into their riverfront home in Hyesan?

5. When Hyeonseo heard the news that some local young women had been caught listening to South Korean pop music, what was their allocated punishment?

(see the answer key)

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