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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 43-53 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they leave Shenyang, what is the next destination to which Hyeonseo and her family travel on their way to South Korea?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Zhengzhou.
(c) Changbai.
(d) Beijing.

2. What is NOT one quality Uncle Jong-gil attributes to Kim Jong-il?
(a) He lives in palaces.
(b) He drinks cognac and eats fine cheeses.
(c) He is a communist.
(d) He lives with brigades of pleasure girls.

3. What kind of company does Hyeonseo's Uncle Jong-gil run in China?
(a) A Taekwondo studio.
(b) A printing company.
(c) A coal mining company.
(d) A trading company.

4. When Hyeonseo and her family move back to Hyesan, they find that the city has changed in what way?
(a) It is choked with industrial waste.
(b) Business is booming more than ever.
(c) It has become dilapidated.
(d) Half of the population has been relocated.

5. What type of music does Hyeonseo set as the incoming ring tone solely for when her mother and brother call her?
(a) A samisen tune.
(b) A Thai ballad.
(c) A Chinese comedy ballad.
(d) A Korean comedy rap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does seo mean in Korean?

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

3. Even though it meant shopping for food every day, for what reason did Hyeonseo's mother eschew the latest trend of buying a refrigerator from China?

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

5. What instrument left behind by her cousin does Hyeonseo teach herself to play during her stay with her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?

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