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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 43-53 and Epilogue.

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) 8-18.
(c) 6-12.
(d) 9-14.

2. When the Socialist Youth League performed work in the summer, they dug tunnels around Hyeonseo's school. What type of work did they engage in during the other three seasons that year?
(a) Architectural.
(b) Economic.
(c) Journalistic.
(d) Agricultural.

3. What is NOT a quality named by Hyeonseo in her list of beliefs North Koreans held about The Great Leader before his death?
(a) The Great Leader does not urinate.
(b) The Great Leader is omniscient.
(c) The Great Leader does not sleep.
(d) The Great Leader is immortal.

4. When Hyeonseo goes out to buy bus tickets in an attempt to start the family's journey to South Korea, what number anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China does she say it is?
(a) The 120th.
(b) The 50th.
(c) The 60th.
(d) The 100th.

5. After their first phone conversation after many years of separation, how often do Hyeonseo and her mother speak on the phone?
(a) Every evening.
(b) Every morning.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?

2. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?

3. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?

4. What amount of money does the Bowibu tell Hyeonseo's mother can be paid so that Hyeonseo can come home and will not be charged with a crime?

5. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?

(see the answer key)

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