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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?
(a) Kim Il-sung's birthday.
(b) National Day.
(c) A press conference.
(d) The harvest.

2. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Mongolia.
(c) Laos.
(d) Siberia.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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) Sugar.
(d) Honey.

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

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

10. 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) A refrigerator and cash.
(d) Crystal methamphetamine and cash.

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

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) Moving to Shenyang together.
(c) Getting a new apartment together in Laos.
(d) Volunteering to help North Korean defectors.

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

14. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Receptionist.
(d) Administrative assistant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What key word does Hyeonseo tell herself when she is trying to make it through her interrogation successfully?

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

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

4. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?

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

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