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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What key word does Hyeonseo tell herself when she is trying to make it through her interrogation successfully?
(a) Focus.
(b) Mother.
(c) Family.
(d) Relax.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. What does Hyeonseo forget to ask when she accepts her first job after leaving the men's salon?
(a) What her hours will be.
(b) The amount of her salary.
(c) Which days she will have off.
(d) Whether she will need an ID.

5. How many times more does Hyeonseo's new job pays in comparison to her waitressing job?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

6. 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 brother had been committed to an asylum.
(b) That her father had died.
(c) That Kim Il-sung had died.
(d) That her sister had died.

7. 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 asks Ok-hee to call Kim for her.
(c) She calls him and asks him to have coffee with her.
(d) She writes him a letter.

8. 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) Denounce five traitors to the state.
(c) Pay a large fine.
(d) Help them catch Hyeonseo.

9. What type of food is the nooroongji that Mr. Ahn cooks for all of his North Korean visitors?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pork.
(c) Yams.
(d) Beans.

10. When Hyeonseo sinks into depression and no longer wants to talk to anyone, what object does she buy as company?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A doll.
(d) A teddy bear.

11. What type of music does Hyeonseo set as the incoming ring tone solely for when her mother and brother call her?
(a) A samisen tune.
(b) A Korean comedy rap.
(c) A Chinese comedy ballad.
(d) A Thai ballad.

12. After their first phone conversation after many years of separation, how often do Hyeonseo and her mother speak on the phone?
(a) Every weekend.
(b) Every evening.
(c) Every morning.
(d) Once a month.

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

14. Just before Hyesan disappears from Hyeonseo's view, she thinks of the love and trust in her mother's eyes as she had told Hyeonseo not to stay out too late. What is NOT one way Hyeonseo says she feels at this moment?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Outsmarted.
(d) Selfish.

15. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?
(a) Kim.
(b) Min-ho.
(c) The restaurant manager.
(d) Hyeonseo's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hyeonseo refuse Kim's request to have dinner with her, though she feels strongly attracted to him?

2. What is Geun-soo doing when he gets on the phone with Hyeonseo and asks her to come back?

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

4. What does Hyeonseo have to do while her Uncle Jong-gil and Aunt Sang-hee are at work?

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

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