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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. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Uncle Opium.
(b) Anju's magistrate.
(c) Aunt Pretty.
(d) Hyesan's chief of police.

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

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

4. The author states that once she entered kindergarten, she never again belonged to her parents, but instead belonged to whom?
(a) Kim Jong-il.
(b) The state.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) Kim Il-sung.

5. When Hyeonseo and her family move back to Hyesan, they find that the city has changed in what way?
(a) Business is booming more than ever.
(b) It is choked with industrial waste.
(c) It has become dilapidated.
(d) Half of the population has been relocated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Only members of which class are allowed to live in Pyongyang?

2. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?

3. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?

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

5. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?

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