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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) Uncle Cinema's family.
(b) Uncle Opium's family.
(c) Mr. Ahn's family.
(d) Aunt Pretty's family.

3. What was the title of Hyeonseo's favorite song and is also the title of Chapter 10 of her memoir?
(a) Rocky Island.
(b) Come to Me.
(c) Jailhouse Rock.
(d) Gangnam Style.

4. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She screams.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She faints.

5. At what age does Hyeonseo first visit South Korea?
(a) 32.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 28.

6. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?
(a) 75.
(b) 51.
(c) 11.
(d) 36.

7. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?
(a) Two cats.
(b) Two pieces of identification.
(c) Two photo albums.
(d) Two portraits.

8. What form of currency does Hyeonseo say is required for bribes and for the purchase of black market goods?
(a) Foreign cash.
(b) Travelers' checks.
(c) Precious metals.
(d) The Korean won.

9. What red article of clothing did Hyeonseo wear to school that caused the teacher to call her a capitalist and to slap her face?
(a) A hat.
(b) A scarf.
(c) Boots.
(d) Suspenders.

10. When the Socialist Youth League performed work in the summer, they dug tunnels around Hyeonseo's school. What type of work did they engage in during the other three seasons that year?
(a) Economic.
(b) Journalistic.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Architectural.

11. Hyeonseo says that after a young woman does what in North Korean society, it can be hard for her to find a marriage match?
(a) Turns eighteen.
(b) Becomes sexually active.
(c) Gets divorced.
(d) Dates.

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

13. About what malady is Hyeonseo speaking when she says that her father displayed signs of "an illness that is not acknowledged in North Korea" (67)?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
(c) Depression.
(d) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

14. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Anju's magistrate.
(b) Hyesan's chief of police.
(c) Aunt Pretty.
(d) Uncle Opium.

15. What unconventional and technically illegal hairstyle did Hyeonseo wear while attending school in Hyesan?
(a) A fringe.
(b) A mohawk.
(c) A bob.
(d) A perm.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Hyeonseo's family move after leaving Hyesan?

2. How long after Hyeonseo's father disappeared did the family hear that he had been released to a hospital in Hyesan?

3. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?

4. In total, how many rooms did Hyeonseo's house near the river in Hyesan have?

5. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?

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