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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?
(a) The Socialist Party.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The Red Guard.
(d) The Red Cross.

2. What border was Hyeonseo's father crossing when he was arrested?
(a) He was crossing from North Korea into China.
(b) He was crossing from South Korea into North Korea.
(c) He was crossing from China into North Korea.
(d) He was crossing from China into South Korea.

3. What insects did Hyeonseo's teacher point out to the class during their field trip in order to say that even they were "sad at the Great Leader's death" (72)?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Bees.

4. Why does Hyeonseo not start kindergarten in Hyesan as she had thought she would?
(a) Her mother's job is transferred to a new city.
(b) Her mother decides to teach her at home.
(c) Her father's job is transferred to a new city.
(d) The family's house burns down and they are relocated to a new city.

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

6. When Hyeonseo and her family move back to Hyesan, they find that the city has changed in what way?
(a) Half of the population has been relocated.
(b) Business is booming more than ever.
(c) It has become dilapidated.
(d) It is choked with industrial waste.

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

8. 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?
(a) Because she thinks it will lend a romantic air to their reunion.
(b) Because her father does not permit her to waste money on electricity at night.
(c) Because the power in the city is out.
(d) Because the power in the country is out.

9. What was the one luxury Hyeonseo says her family bought after moving into their riverfront home in Hyesan?
(a) A hair dryer.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) A color television set.
(d) A washing machine.

10. 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 urinate.
(b) The Great Leader does not sleep.
(c) The Great Leader is immortal.
(d) The Great Leader is omniscient.

11. What example is given of a person who would inhabit the lowest level of songbun?
(a) A heretic.
(b) A thief.
(c) A murderer whose victim is of higher status.
(d) A political prisoner with no hope of release.

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

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

14. What does seo mean in Korean?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Health.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Smile.

15. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?
(a) The xylophone.
(b) The samisen.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The violin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does hyeon mean in Korean?

3. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?

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

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

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