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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The family home must be in their son's name alone.
(d) A dowry must be paid.

2. 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) Suspenders.
(c) A scarf.
(d) Boots.

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

4. 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) Dates.
(c) Becomes sexually active.
(d) Gets divorced.

5. Hyeonseo says that she has learned that people can do without almost anything, but they cannot do without what?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Food.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

6. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Stroke.

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

8. How many broad categories exist within the caste system of songbun?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

9. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.
(b) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(c) Education stops after the age of 8.
(d) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.

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

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

12. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?
(a) Like a water lily.
(b) Like a chrysanthemum.
(c) Like a snapdragon.
(d) Like a peony.

13. At what age does Hyeonseo witness her first public execution?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?

2. Who are the bowibu?

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

4. What was the title of Hyeonseo's favorite song and is also the title of Chapter 10 of her memoir?

5. In what season did Hyeonseo and her family move to the riverfront house in Hyesan?

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