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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 quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?
(a) Its proximity to Pyongyang.
(b) Its military status.
(c) Its location across the Yalu River from China.
(d) Its merchant class.

2. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?
(a) A beer bottle.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A vase.
(d) A tire iron.

3. How many broad categories exist within the caste system of songbun?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Aunt Pretty.
(b) Uncle Opium.
(c) Anju's magistrate.
(d) Hyesan's chief of police.

5. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Hyeonseo see a news story on television about North Koreans seeking political asylum at the South Korean embassy in Beijing?

2. During what activity does the author say is the only time she and her classmates called each other "comrade" (33)?

3. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?

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. In 1992, the North Korean government launched a widely publicized campaign called "Let us eat" (55), how many meals per day?

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