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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 key word does Hyeonseo tell herself when she is trying to make it through her interrogation successfully?
(a) Family.
(b) Focus.
(c) Relax.
(d) Mother.

2. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?
(a) Job assignments.
(b) The names of those within the Hostile class.
(c) Marriage arrangements.
(d) Precise ranking.

3. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) Education stops after the age of 8.
(b) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.
(c) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(d) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.

4. What instrument left behind by her cousin does Hyeonseo teach herself to play during her stay with her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?
(a) An accordion.
(b) A harpsichord.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A xylophone.

5. What is NOT one quality Uncle Jong-gil attributes to Kim Jong-il?
(a) He lives in palaces.
(b) He lives with brigades of pleasure girls.
(c) He drinks cognac and eats fine cheeses.
(d) He is a communist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What red article of clothing did Hyeonseo wear to school that caused the teacher to call her a capitalist and to slap her face?

2. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?

3. In 1992, the North Korean government launched a widely publicized campaign called "Let us eat" (55), how many meals per day?

4. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?

5. To what figure is Chapter 14's title referring in its statement that "The great heart has stopped beating" on the chapter's title page?

(see the answer key)

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