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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Prologue, and Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.
(b) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(c) Education stops after the age of 8.
(d) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.

2. Only members of which class are allowed to live in Pyongyang?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Wavering.
(d) Elite.

3. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

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

5. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?
(a) Marriage arrangements.
(b) The names of those within the Hostile class.
(c) Precise ranking.
(d) Job assignments.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what activity does the author say is the only time she and her classmates called each other "comrade" (33)?

2. At what age does Hyeonseo first visit South Korea?

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

4. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?

5. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?

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