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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. What do the army officers tell Hyeonseo's mother and brother that they must do in order to be released from custody?
(a) Denounce five traitors to the state.
(b) Help them catch Hyeonseo.
(c) Say nothing.
(d) Pay a large fine.

2. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?
(a) A press conference.
(b) The harvest.
(c) National Day.
(d) Kim Il-sung's birthday.

3. What type of food is the nooroongji that Mr. Ahn cooks for all of his North Korean visitors?
(a) Pork.
(b) Rice.
(c) Beans.
(d) Yams.

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

5. What crime does the commander threaten to charge Min-ho with if he does not return with the woman he had taken across the Yalu river?
(a) Human trafficking.
(b) Drug trafficking.
(c) Theft.
(d) Disloyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?

2. After feeling that the family's choice to sit in the back of the bus on their way to Shenyang had backfired, where does Hyeonseo ultimately decide to sit once they begin their second leg of their journey to South Korea?

3. What percent chance does Ok-hee say she believes she and Hyeonseo have of succeeding in their plans to move to a different country?

4. What does Hyeonseo forget to ask when she accepts her first job after leaving the men's salon?

5. What illegal act does Hyeonseo engage in when attempting to distract the authorities from her mother and brother sitting in the back of the bus?

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