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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. When Hyeonseo sinks into depression and no longer wants to talk to anyone, what object does she buy as company?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A doll.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

2. What was the last present Hyeonseo received from her father prior to his death?
(a) A hula-hoop.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A tea set.
(d) A doll.

3. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) Education stops after the age of 8.
(b) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.
(c) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(d) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.

4. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?
(a) Hyeonseo's mother.
(b) Kim.
(c) The restaurant manager.
(d) Min-ho.

5. In what season did Hyeonseo and her family move to the riverfront house in Hyesan?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo asks the North Korean waitress where her plastic surgery had performed, what is the waitress's reply?

2. When Hyeonseo leaves her waitressing job, what position does she take instead?

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

5. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?

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