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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what malady is Hyeonseo speaking when she says that her father displayed signs of "an illness that is not acknowledged in North Korea" (67)?
(a) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

2. What was the one luxury Hyeonseo says her family bought after moving into their riverfront home in Hyesan?
(a) A color television set.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A hair dryer.

3. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A plane.
(c) A trolley.
(d) A train.

4. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?
(a) She flagged down a policeman.
(b) She called for an ambulance.
(c) She put money in the mother's hand.
(d) She put money on the baby's lap.

5. In what season did Hyeonseo and her family move to the riverfront house in Hyesan?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization had Hyeonseo's grandmother joined at the age of 19?

2. What does Hyeonseo say is the only "permitted outlet for spiritual fervor" (41) in North Korea?

3. What was listed as Hyeonseo's father's cause of death after her mother had bribed the hospital authorities to falsify it?

4. What border was Hyeonseo's father crossing when he was arrested?

5. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event causes Hyeonseo to change her behavior of listening to South Korean pop with her friends?

2. How does Hyeonseo interpret the fortune-teller's announcement that Hyeonseo will have "a future connected with music" and will "eat foreign rice" (43)?

3. How is the theme of language as a tool of manipulation present within the North Korean campaign of 1992?

4. What beliefs about American people does Hyeonseo say are taught to every North Korean child?

5. Where is Hyeonseo's family's new house in Hyesan located after they move back from Anju?

6. What does the author claim is ironic about North Korea's beginnings as a communist state?

7. What do the hills surrounding the city of Anju symbolize within the text?

8. What major world event does Hyeonseo say she and other North Koreans were completely ignorant of in the 1990s?

9. What beliefs about Chinese people does Hyeonseo say are taught to every North Korean child?

10. What does the author say is the reason that "kindness toward strangers is rare in North Korea" (38)?

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