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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 10-12 and Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?
(a) A good work ethic.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Courage.
(d) A sense of humor.

3. Hyeonseo says that her parents' jobs and business dealings meant that her family had enough what?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Power.
(c) Medical care.
(d) Food.

4. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She faints.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She screams.

5. In what sport did Hyeonseo excel enough to represent her school in a tournament while living in Hyesan?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Ice skating.
(c) Taekwando.
(d) Long distance running.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?

3. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?

4. What level of the caste system is made up of 10-15% of the North Korean population?

5. When Hyeonseo and her family move back to Hyesan, they find that the city has changed in what way?

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