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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. What kind of company does Hyeonseo's Uncle Jong-gil run in China?
(a) A coal mining company.
(b) A trading company.
(c) A Taekwondo studio.
(d) A printing company.

2. For what reason does the motorcycle parts trader agree to help Min-ho, even though he knows it is very dangerous to do so?
(a) He says that Min-ho had introduced him to his future wife.
(b) He says that Min-ho has kept him laughing through the difficult years.
(c) He says that Min-ho has made him a lot of money.
(d) He says that Min-ho had lent him money in the past when he needed it.

3. What is the meaning of the word nuna in Korean?
(a) Dear friend.
(b) Little child.
(c) Younger sister.
(d) Older sister.

4. When Hyeonseo heard the news that some local young women had been caught listening to South Korean pop music, what was their allocated punishment?
(a) They are sentenced to a prison camp.
(b) They are forced to move to a different county.
(c) They are executed.
(d) They are exiled from North Korea.

5. The temporary checkpoint at which Hyeonseo's bus is stopped is manned by members of what group?
(a) The People's Armed Police.
(b) The Bowibu.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Chinese Secret Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?

2. What crime does the commander threaten to charge Min-ho with if he does not return with the woman he had taken across the Yalu river?

3. What example is given of a person who would inhabit the lowest level of songbun?

4. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?

5. What item is NOT enclosed in the package Hyeonseo sends home to Hyesan?

(see the answer key)

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