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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. When Hyeonseo leaves her waitressing job, what position does she take instead?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Cook and hostess.
(c) Washerwoman and housekeeper.
(d) Interpreter and secretary.

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

3. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Stroke.

4. What is NOT a quality named by Hyeonseo in her list of beliefs North Koreans held about The Great Leader before his death?
(a) The Great Leader does not sleep.
(b) The Great Leader is omniscient.
(c) The Great Leader does not urinate.
(d) The Great Leader is immortal.

5. What does Hyeonseo say is the only "permitted outlet for spiritual fervor" (41) in North Korea?
(a) One Catholic mass per year.
(b) Self-criticism sessions.
(c) Kim worship.
(d) The business trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hyeonseo mentally thank for making her learn how to master Chinese characters?

2. What does hyeon mean in Korean?

3. What percent chance does Ok-hee say she believes she and Hyeonseo have of succeeding in their plans to move to a different country?

4. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?

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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