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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 is NOT one quality Uncle Jong-gil attributes to Kim Jong-il?
(a) He lives with brigades of pleasure girls.
(b) He drinks cognac and eats fine cheeses.
(c) He is a communist.
(d) He lives in palaces.

2. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Influenza.
(c) A fractured skull.
(d) A bruised spleen.

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

4. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?
(a) 30,000 yuan and 500 American dollars.
(b) 10,000 yuan.
(c) She had not sent any money.
(d) She does not remember.

5. Hyeonseo writes, "Now that I was to stay indefinitely in China, I had to learn" (112) what language?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Szechuan.
(c) Cantonese.
(d) Mongolian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What insects did Hyeonseo's teacher point out to the class during their field trip in order to say that even they were "sad at the Great Leader's death" (72)?

3. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?

4. What name does Hyeonseo's mother call her the first time they speak on the phone after years of separation?

5. What result of a medical check-up convinces Hyeonseo that she is about to die?

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