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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 states that every election in North Korea always "returned Kim Jong-il with" what "percentage approval" (111)?
(a) At least 80%.
(b) At least 90%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 100%.

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

3. 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 water lily.
(d) Like a chrysanthemum.

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

5. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?
(a) Two pieces of identification.
(b) Two portraits.
(c) Two photo albums.
(d) Two cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hyeon mean in Korean?

2. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?

3. What document does a North Korean citizen need in order to even leave their local county?

4. What was the one luxury Hyeonseo says her family bought after moving into their riverfront home in Hyesan?

5. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?

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