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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 asks Ok-hee to call Kim for her.
(d) She calls him and asks him to have coffee with her.

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

3. 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 never to hurt another man again.
(d) She vows to eat only plain rice for one month.

4. What job does Hyeonseo perform within her role at the cosmetics company in the Mihang district?
(a) Interpreter.
(b) Bookkeeper.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Waitress.

5. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?
(a) A vase.
(b) A tire iron.
(c) A beer bottle.
(d) A block of wood.

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

7. 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) The two South Korean filmmakers.
(b) Her two cousins.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Her brother and uncle.

8. Where does Hyeonseo decide to go once she has reached Mr. Ahn's house across the river in China?
(a) To the local teahouse.
(b) To a neighborhood bar.
(c) Back across the river to Hyesan.
(d) To visit her family in Shenyang.

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

10. In what year does Hyeonseo see a news story on television about North Koreans seeking political asylum at the South Korean embassy in Beijing?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1996.

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

12. Hyeonseo writes, "Now that I was to stay indefinitely in China, I had to learn" (112) what language?
(a) Szechuan.
(b) Mandarin.
(c) Cantonese.
(d) Mongolian.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hyeonseo talks her way out of the men's salon, in what type of vehicle does she escape?

2. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?

3. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?

4. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?

5. After Hyeonseo's mother escapes from the Bowibu, how long does she wait before she returns to Hyesan?

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