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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. Hyeonseo says that after a young woman does what in North Korean society, it can be hard for her to find a marriage match?
(a) Turns eighteen.
(b) Dates.
(c) Gets divorced.
(d) Becomes sexually active.

2. What document does a North Korean citizen need in order to even leave their local county?
(a) A travel permit.
(b) A summons from the government.
(c) A North Korean ID.
(d) A work permit.

3. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who does Hyeonseo think they are?
(a) The two South Korean filmmakers.
(b) Her two cousins.
(c) Her brother and uncle.
(d) Policemen.

4. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?
(a) The American government.
(b) Hostile citizens.
(c) Kim Jong-un.
(d) Kim Jong-il.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hyeonseo talks her way out of the men's salon, in what type of vehicle does she escape?

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?

3. What insects did Hyeonseo's teacher point out to the class during their field trip in order to say that even they were "sad at the Great Leader's death" (72)?

4. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?

5. Whom does Hyeonseo mentally thank for forcing her to learn Chinese characters once it is clear she must stay in China long-term?

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