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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hyeonseo remarks that the family's home by the river in Hyesan was perfect for what?
(a) Learning to sail.
(b) Learning to ice skate.
(c) Her own gardening hobby.
(d) Her mother's illicit enterprises.

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

3. What was the true cause of Hyeonseo's father's death?
(a) A fractured skull.
(b) A bruised spleen.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Suicide.

4. To what city does Hyeonseo's family move after leaving Hyesan?
(a) Pyongyang.
(b) Wonsan.
(c) Anju.
(d) Hamhung.

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

6. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?
(a) Greatness.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Worship.
(d) Homage.

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

8. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?
(a) A trolley.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A plane.
(d) A train.

9. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?
(a) A good work ethic.
(b) Courage.
(c) A sense of humor.
(d) Stubbornness.

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

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

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

13. 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) Bees.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Dragonflies.

14. 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 Il-sung.
(b) Kim Jong-Il.
(c) Kim Jong-un.
(d) Hyeonseo's father.

15. In what sport did Hyeonseo excel enough to represent her school in a tournament while living in Hyesan?
(a) Long distance running.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Ice skating.
(d) Taekwando.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?

2. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?

3. What is NOT a quality named by Hyeonseo in her list of beliefs North Koreans held about The Great Leader before his death?

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

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?

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