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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Depression.
(c) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
(d) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

3. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?
(a) She put money in the mother's hand.
(b) She put money on the baby's lap.
(c) She flagged down a policeman.
(d) She called for an ambulance.

4. On what condition had Hyeonseo's grandparents agreed to allow their son to marry Hyeonseo's mother?
(a) Hyeonseo's mother must be sterilized.
(b) Hyeonseo's first name must be changed.
(c) A dowry must be paid.
(d) The family home must be in their son's name alone.

5. 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) Journalistic.
(b) Agricultural.
(c) Architectural.
(d) Economic.

6. Only members of which class are allowed to live in Pyongyang?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Elite.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Wavering.

7. 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.

8. What does hyeon mean in Korean?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Smile.
(d) Wealth.

9. How long after Hyeonseo's father disappeared did the family hear that he had been released to a hospital in Hyesan?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

10. Who are the bowibu?
(a) Secret police in Laos.
(b) Secret police in South Korea.
(c) Secret police in North Korea.
(d) Secret police in North Korea.

11. Attendance at what event is mandatory for children from the time they enter North Korean elementary school?
(a) Public hangings.
(b) Taekwondo tournaments.
(c) National concerts.
(d) A children's party given on the anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth.

12. In total, how many rooms did Hyeonseo's house near the river in Hyesan have?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

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

15. To what figure is Chapter 14's title referring in its statement that "The great heart has stopped beating" on the chapter's title page?
(a) Kim Jong-Il.
(b) Kim Il-sung.
(c) Kim Jong-un.
(d) Hyeonseo's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?

2. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?

3. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?

4. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?

5. What was the sentence given to the family deported for the father's mistake of rolling a cigarette using a piece of newspaper and failing to notice a picture of the Great Leader on the other side of the scrap?

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