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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 does Hyeonseo have to do while her Uncle Jong-gil and Aunt Sang-hee are at work?
(a) She has to watch the couple's children.
(b) She has to remain inside.
(c) She has to work in the garden.
(d) She has to go out and look for work.

2. What level of the caste system is made up of 10-15% of the North Korean population?
(a) Elite.
(b) Kim family employees.
(c) Royal.
(d) Wavering.

3. Who are the bowibu?
(a) Secret police in South Korea.
(b) Secret police in North Korea.
(c) Secret police in North Korea.
(d) Secret police in Laos.

4. On what condition had Hyeonseo's grandparents agreed to allow their son to marry Hyeonseo's mother?
(a) A dowry must be paid.
(b) The family home must be in their son's name alone.
(c) Hyeonseo's first name must be changed.
(d) Hyeonseo's mother must be sterilized.

5. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 40%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hyeonseo not start kindergarten in Hyesan as she had thought she would?

3. What aspect of Hyeonseo's mother's character does Hyeonseo say is unusual for a woman of high songbun?

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 did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?

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