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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 was NOT a characteristic of the special class Hyeonseo began taking when she was 15?
(a) The class taught knitting skills.
(b) There were only three girls in the class.
(c) The class taught housekeeping skills.
(d) The class was for girls only.

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

3. What does the word omma mean in Korean?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Brother.

4. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?
(a) She climbs out of the bathroom window at the headquarters.
(b) She pleas for help from a passing taxi driver and jumps in.
(c) She hits one of the Bowibu over the head with her purse and runs.
(d) She screams in the street that she is being murdered and she is released.

5. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?
(a) Greatness.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Homage.
(d) Worship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?

2. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?

3. What does Hyeonseo have to do while her Uncle Jong-gil and Aunt Sang-hee are at work?

4. Hyeonseo says that she has learned that people can do without almost anything, but they cannot do without what?

5. What form of currency does Hyeonseo say is required for bribes and for the purchase of black market goods?

(see the answer key)

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