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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. Who finds a broker to help Hyeonseo and Ok-hee enact their plan to move to a different country?
(a) Geun-soo.
(b) Ok-hee.
(c) Hyeonseo.
(d) Min-ho.

2. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?
(a) 36.
(b) 75.
(c) 11.
(d) 51.

3. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?
(a) Almost being beaten to death by a soldier.
(b) Almost drowning.
(c) Almost suffocating.
(d) Almost getting hit by a train.

4. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?
(a) Because the power in the city is out.
(b) Because her father does not permit her to waste money on electricity at night.
(c) Because she thinks it will lend a romantic air to their reunion.
(d) Because the power in the country is out.

5. During what activity does the author say is the only time she and her classmates called each other "comrade" (33)?
(a) Air raids.
(b) Meals.
(c) Morning prayers.
(d) Self-criticism sessions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?

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

4. How long does the bus ride take when Hyeonseo, her mother, and her brother travel from Changbai to Shenyang in the first leg of their journey to South Korea?

5. A bystander tells Hyeonseo's mother that the near-death experience is a good omen, for someone who survives a disaster at such a young age is sure to what?

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