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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of company does Hyeonseo's Uncle Jong-gil run in China?
(a) A trading company.
(b) A coal mining company.
(c) A printing company.
(d) A Taekwondo studio.

2. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who does Hyeonseo think they are?
(a) Policemen.
(b) The two South Korean filmmakers.
(c) Her brother and uncle.
(d) Her two cousins.

3. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?
(a) A match.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sugar.

4. What amount of money does the Bowibu tell Hyeonseo's mother can be paid so that Hyeonseo can come home and will not be charged with a crime?
(a) 80,000 yuan.
(b) 50,000 yuan.
(c) 20,000 yuan.
(d) 30,000 yuan.

5. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?
(a) Kim Jong-il.
(b) The American government.
(c) Hostile citizens.
(d) Kim Jong-un.

6. How many months after her departure from their home does Hyeonseo wait before contacting her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. What two items does Hyeonseo's mother give to the head of the investigation team in order to have her name removed from the list of suspects?
(a) Cash and a motorcycle.
(b) A freezer and a washing machine.
(c) Crystal methamphetamine and cash.
(d) A refrigerator and cash.

8. Hyeonseo says that "Any North Koreans found illegally in China" (101) were handled in what way?
(a) They were placed in Chinese prisons.
(b) They were handed over to the Bowibu.
(c) They were publicly executed.
(d) They were placed in Chinese detention centers.

9. What name does Hyeonseo's mother call her the first time they speak on the phone after years of separation?
(a) Soon-hyang.
(b) Min-su.
(c) Min-young.
(d) Min-ra.

10. What nationality is Hyeonseo's new boss in her new position after she leaves her waitressing job?
(a) South Korean.
(b) Laotian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) North Korean.

11. What bad news does Mrs. Ahn deliver to Hyeonseo when Hyeonseo visits Changbai in October of 2004?
(a) Kim Jong-il has died.
(b) Kim Il-sung has died.
(c) Mr. Ahn has died.
(d) Min-ho has died.

12. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?
(a) 30,000 yuan and 500 American dollars.
(b) She does not remember.
(c) 10,000 yuan.
(d) She had not sent any money.

13. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?
(a) Money.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Her coworkers.
(d) Material goods.

14. When Hyeonseo asks the North Korean waitress where her plastic surgery had performed, what is the waitress's reply?
(a) South Korea.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Laos.
(d) Pyongyang.

15. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who are the two men?
(a) Her brother and uncle.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Her two cousins.
(d) The two South Korean filmmakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is NOT enclosed in the package Hyeonseo sends home to Hyesan?

2. In what city does Mr. Ahn live?

3. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?

4. What result of a medical check-up convinces Hyeonseo that she is about to die?

5. What does Hyeonseo eventually find out had happened to the money she had given to her mother?

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