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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 10-12 and Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?
(a) The Red Guard.
(b) The Socialist Party.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Communist Party.

2. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?
(a) Its proximity to Pyongyang.
(b) Its merchant class.
(c) Its location across the Yalu River from China.
(d) Its military status.

3. 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) Gets divorced.
(b) Dates.
(c) Becomes sexually active.
(d) Turns eighteen.

4. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?
(a) Stubbornness.
(b) Courage.
(c) A good work ethic.
(d) A sense of humor.

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

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. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?

3. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?

4. For North Korean citizens, joining the Young Pioneer Corps is compulsory in the years between what two ages?

5. About what malady is Hyeonseo speaking when she says that her father displayed signs of "an illness that is not acknowledged in North Korea" (67)?

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