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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. Where does Hyeonseo decide to go once she has reached Mr. Ahn's house across the river in China?
(a) To visit her family in Shenyang.
(b) To a neighborhood bar.
(c) Back across the river to Hyesan.
(d) To the local teahouse.

2. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Laos.

3. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?
(a) 75.
(b) 11.
(c) 51.
(d) 36.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. After Hyeonseo's mother escapes from the Bowibu, how long does she wait before she returns to Hyesan?

3. What bad news does Mrs. Ahn deliver to Hyeonseo when Hyeonseo visits Changbai in October of 2004?

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?

5. What two items does Hyeonseo's mother give to the head of the investigation team in order to have her name removed from the list of suspects?

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