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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 31-36 and Part Three: Journey into Darkness, Chapters 37-42.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Honey.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A match.

2. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?
(a) Almost drowning.
(b) Almost being beaten to death by a soldier.
(c) Almost suffocating.
(d) Almost getting hit by a train.

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

4. After their first phone conversation after many years of separation, how often do Hyeonseo and her mother speak on the phone?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every evening.
(c) Every morning.
(d) Every weekend.

5. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who does Hyeonseo think they are?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Her brother and uncle.
(c) The two South Korean filmmakers.
(d) Her two cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?

2. Hyeonseo says that "Any North Koreans found illegally in China" (101) were handled in what way?

3. How many broad categories exist within the caste system of songbun?

4. When Hyeonseo heard the news that some local young women had been caught listening to South Korean pop music, what was their allocated punishment?

5. Just before Hyesan disappears from Hyeonseo's view, she thinks of the love and trust in her mother's eyes as she had told Hyeonseo not to stay out too late. What is NOT one way Hyeonseo says she feels at this moment?

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