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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. Why does Hyeonseo not start kindergarten in Hyesan as she had thought she would?
(a) Her mother decides to teach her at home.
(b) Her mother's job is transferred to a new city.
(c) The family's house burns down and they are relocated to a new city.
(d) Her father's job is transferred to a new city.

2. Hyeonseo says that she will never be truly free of her country's what, no matter how far she travels?
(a) Identity.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Indoctrination.
(d) Beauty.

3. What does seo mean in Korean?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Smile.
(c) Health.
(d) Good fortune.

4. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?
(a) Like a snapdragon.
(b) Like a peony.
(c) Like a chrysanthemum.
(d) Like a water lily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason is Uncle Opium protected from investigation?

2. On what condition had Hyeonseo's grandparents agreed to allow their son to marry Hyeonseo's mother?

3. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?

4. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?

5. The author states that once she entered kindergarten, she never again belonged to her parents, but instead belonged to whom?

(see the answer key)

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