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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. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?
(a) Detects metal.
(b) Blows contaminates from clothing.
(c) Provides x-rays.
(d) Demagnetizes.

2. 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.

3. In what city did Hyeonseo Lee eventually testify before the United Nations Commission of Enquiry on Human Rights in North Korea?
(a) Seoul.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Bangkok.

4. What percent chance does Ok-hee say she believes she and Hyeonseo have of succeeding in their plans to move to a different country?
(a) 50%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 30%.

5. What result of a medical check-up convinces Hyeonseo that she is about to die?
(a) A lump in her breast.
(b) A high blood pressure reading.
(c) A high blood sugar level.
(d) A high cholesterol level.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo is at her lowest point, she decides to blow all of her savings on what item?

2. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?

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. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?

5. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?

(see the answer key)

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