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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 19-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?
(a) The xylophone.
(b) The samisen.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The violin.

2. Even though it meant shopping for food every day, for what reason did Hyeonseo's mother eschew the latest trend of buying a refrigerator from China?
(a) There are too many blackouts.
(b) She did not know how to hide it from the police.
(c) She did not have enough money.
(d) She did not want to attract attention.

3. What was the sentence given to the family deported for the father's mistake of rolling a cigarette using a piece of newspaper and failing to notice a picture of the Great Leader on the other side of the scrap?
(a) The family's home is searched daily for a span of five years.
(b) The adults are executed and the children are sent to the gulag.
(c) They are sent to a potato digging work farm.
(d) The family is sent to a Chinese prison.

4. Hyeonseo remarks that the family's home by the river in Hyesan was perfect for what?
(a) Learning to ice skate.
(b) Her mother's illicit enterprises.
(c) Her own gardening hobby.
(d) Learning to sail.

5. What type of food is the nooroongji that Mr. Ahn cooks for all of his North Korean visitors?
(a) Yams.
(b) Pork.
(c) Rice.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Hyeonseo's family move after leaving Hyesan?

2. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?

3. What does Hyeonseo forget to ask when she accepts her first job after leaving the men's salon?

4. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?

5. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?

(see the answer key)

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