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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Hyeonseo by the time she gets her new job at the cosmetics company in the Mihang district?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 28.
(d) 19.

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

3. What item is NOT enclosed in the package Hyeonseo sends home to Hyesan?
(a) A hair dryer.
(b) Money.
(c) A letter to her mother.
(d) Vitamins.

4. What instrument left behind by her cousin does Hyeonseo teach herself to play during her stay with her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?
(a) A xylophone.
(b) A guitar.
(c) An accordion.
(d) A harpsichord.

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

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

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

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) Back across the river to Hyesan.
(c) To a neighborhood bar.
(d) To visit her family in Shenyang.

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

10. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?
(a) She climbs out of the bathroom window at the headquarters.
(b) She pleas for help from a passing taxi driver and jumps in.
(c) She screams in the street that she is being murdered and she is released.
(d) She hits one of the Bowibu over the head with her purse and runs.

11. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?
(a) The front room.
(b) The basement.
(c) The back room.
(d) The attic.

12. What does Hyeonseo say becomes a main topic of conversation between herself and Ok-hee once they see the television news story about the North Korean defectors?
(a) Moving to South Korea together.
(b) Volunteering to help North Korean defectors.
(c) Getting a new apartment together in Laos.
(d) Moving to Shenyang together.

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

14. Hyeonseo's "Uncle" (105) Jung-gil is actually not her biological uncle, but is instead related to her in what way?
(a) He is her mother's uncle.
(b) He is a friend of the family.
(c) He is her second cousin.
(d) He is her father's cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo asks the North Korean waitress where her plastic surgery had performed, what is the waitress's reply?

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

3. How many months after her departure from their home does Hyeonseo wait before contacting her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?

4. What name does Hyeonseo's mother call her the first time they speak on the phone after years of separation?

5. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?

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