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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. For North Korean citizens, joining the Young Pioneer Corps is compulsory in the years between what two ages?
(a) 10-16.
(b) 9-14.
(c) 8-18.
(d) 6-12.

2. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Stroke.

3. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?
(a) A plane.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A train.
(d) A trolley.

4. 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)?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Depression.
(c) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
(d) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?

2. When Hyeonseo and her family move back to Hyesan, they find that the city has changed in what way?

3. How many broad categories exist within the caste system of songbun?

4. Hyeonseo says that she has learned that people can do without almost anything, but they cannot do without what?

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

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