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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 aspect of Hyeonseo's mother's character does Hyeonseo say is unusual for a woman of high songbun?
(a) Her frequent gambling.
(b) Her love for fashion.
(c) Her kindness to citizens with low songbun.
(d) Her entrepreneurial spirit.

2. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

3. When Hyeonseo and her mother and brother are safe inside the Changbai hotel, Hyeonseo says that she has "never felt such extremes" of what two emotions "at the same time" (229)?
(a) Comedy and tragedy.
(b) Elation and depression.
(c) Joy and sadness.
(d) Excitement and satisfaction.

4. What is NOT a quality named by Hyeonseo in her list of beliefs North Koreans held about The Great Leader before his death?
(a) The Great Leader does not sleep.
(b) The Great Leader does not urinate.
(c) The Great Leader is omniscient.
(d) The Great Leader is immortal.

5. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?
(a) The names of those within the Hostile class.
(b) Job assignments.
(c) Precise ranking.
(d) Marriage arrangements.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Hyeonseo witness her first public execution?

2. In what language does Hyeonseo tell the policeman that she is the guide of two deaf-mutes when the bus is stopped near Beijing?

3. What location in Hyesan did Hyeonseo name as a "common site for public executions" (73)?

4. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?

5. For what reason does the motorcycle parts trader agree to help Min-ho, even though he knows it is very dangerous to do so?

(see the answer key)

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