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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 does hyeon mean in Korean?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Smile.
(c) Good fortune.
(d) Wealth.

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

3. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?
(a) Like a chrysanthemum.
(b) Like a snapdragon.
(c) Like a peony.
(d) Like a water lily.

4. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?
(a) She put money on the baby's lap.
(b) She called for an ambulance.
(c) She flagged down a policeman.
(d) She put money in the mother's hand.

5. What job does Hyeonseo perform within her role at the cosmetics company in the Mihang district?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Interpreter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?

2. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?

3. 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?

4. Hyeonseo says that after a young woman does what in North Korean society, it can be hard for her to find a marriage match?

5. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?

(see the answer key)

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