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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. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

2. Just before Hyesan disappears from Hyeonseo's view, she thinks of the love and trust in her mother's eyes as she had told Hyeonseo not to stay out too late. What is NOT one way Hyeonseo says she feels at this moment?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Outsmarted.

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 family is sent to a Chinese prison.
(c) They are sent to a potato digging work farm.
(d) The adults are executed and the children are sent to the gulag.

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

5. What does hyeon mean in Korean?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Smile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hyeonseo remarks that the family's home by the river in Hyesan was perfect for what?

3. When Hyeonseo heard the news that some local young women had been caught listening to South Korean pop music, what was their allocated punishment?

4. What example is given of a person who would inhabit the lowest level of songbun?

5. How old is Hyeonseo when the family's home catches on fire?

(see the answer key)

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