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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. Hyeonseo says that "Any North Koreans found illegally in China" (101) were handled in what way?
(a) They were placed in Chinese prisons.
(b) They were handed over to the Bowibu.
(c) They were placed in Chinese detention centers.
(d) They were publicly executed.

2. Hyeonseo says that after a young woman does what in North Korean society, it can be hard for her to find a marriage match?
(a) Gets divorced.
(b) Turns eighteen.
(c) Dates.
(d) Becomes sexually active.

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

4. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Socialist Party.
(c) The Red Guard.
(d) The Red Cross.

5. What key word does Hyeonseo tell herself when she is trying to make it through her interrogation successfully?
(a) Family.
(b) Relax.
(c) Mother.
(d) Focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?

2. To what figure is Chapter 14's title referring in its statement that "The great heart has stopped beating" on the chapter's title page?

3. What does hyeon mean in Korean?

4. What location in Hyesan did Hyeonseo name as a "common site for public executions" (73)?

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

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