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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 form of currency does Hyeonseo say is required for bribes and for the purchase of black market goods?
(a) Foreign cash.
(b) Travelers' checks.
(c) The Korean won.
(d) Precious metals.

2. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

3. Hyeonseo says that she has learned that people can do without almost anything, but they cannot do without what?
(a) Food.
(b) Family.
(c) Friends.
(d) Shelter.

4. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Changbai.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Shenyang.
(d) Hyesan.

5. What aspect of Hyeonseo's mother's character does Hyeonseo say is unusual for a woman of high songbun?
(a) Her love for fashion.
(b) Her entrepreneurial spirit.
(c) Her kindness to citizens with low songbun.
(d) Her frequent gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?

2. What key word does Hyeonseo tell herself when she is trying to make it through her interrogation successfully?

3. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?

4. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?

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

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