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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hyeonseo eventually find out had happened to the money she had given to her mother?
(a) Her mother had helped her brothers and sisters.
(b) Her mother had lost the money gambling.
(c) Her mother had paid for Min-ho to begin college.
(d) Her mother had paid a ransom for Min-ho's safe return.

2. With what implements do the North Korean police beat Min-ho during his interrogation?
(a) Nightsticks.
(b) Brass knuckles.
(c) Blackjacks.
(d) Truncheons.

3. What is Geun-soo doing when he gets on the phone with Hyeonseo and asks her to come back?
(a) Playing a video game.
(b) Yawning.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Eating.

4. Once Hyeonseo changes her mind and decides that she does want to see Kim before he goes back to Seoul, what does she do?
(a) She prays for a second chance.
(b) She writes him a letter.
(c) She calls him and asks him to have coffee with her.
(d) She asks Ok-hee to call Kim for her.

5. When Hyeonseo is at her lowest point, she decides to blow all of her savings on what item?
(a) A car.
(b) A new cell phone.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A tandem bicycle.

6. 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) Honey.
(c) Sugar.
(d) A cigarette.

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

8. How many North Korea-operated restaurants exist in Shanghai, according to Hyeonseo's account?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

9. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Hyesan.
(b) Shenyang.
(c) Changbai.
(d) Tokyo.

10. Whom does Hyeonseo mentally thank for making her learn how to master Chinese characters?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her primary school teacher.
(d) Her brother.

11. When Hyeonseo is visiting with her Uncle Jung-gil on the day of her arrival, what terrible news does she realize he has not yet heard?
(a) That her sister had died.
(b) That her father had died.
(c) That her brother had been committed to an asylum.
(d) That Kim Il-sung had died.

12. What punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?
(a) She vows never to marry.
(b) She vows to walk everywhere she goes for one year.
(c) She vows to eat only plain rice for one month.
(d) She vows never to hurt another man again.

13. Who finds a broker to help Hyeonseo and Ok-hee enact their plan to move to a different country?
(a) Min-ho.
(b) Ok-hee.
(c) Hyeonseo.
(d) Geun-soo.

14. When Hyeonseo's mother calls her a time other than their regular time, what does she tell Hyeonseo she has laid her hands on and is trying to sell?
(a) Muscle relaxers.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Crystal methamphetamine.

15. What do the army officers tell Hyeonseo's mother and brother that they must do in order to be released from custody?
(a) Say nothing.
(b) Help them catch Hyeonseo.
(c) Denounce five traitors to the state.
(d) Pay a large fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hyeonseo mentally thank for forcing her to learn Chinese characters once it is clear she must stay in China long-term?

2. What does Hyeonseo forget to ask when she accepts her first job after leaving the men's salon?

3. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?

4. When Hyeonseo's mother tells her not to come back to Hyesan because the family is under suspicion due to Hyeonseo's absence, what does she tell Hyeonseo she plans to do?

5. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?

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