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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. In 1992, the North Korean government launched a widely publicized campaign called "Let us eat" (55), how many meals per day?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

2. At what age does Hyeonseo first visit South Korea?
(a) 28.
(b) 32.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

3. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Hyesan's chief of police.
(b) Anju's magistrate.
(c) Uncle Opium.
(d) Aunt Pretty.

4. In total, how many rooms did Hyeonseo's house near the river in Hyesan have?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

5. For North Korean citizens, joining the Young Pioneer Corps is compulsory in the years between what two ages?
(a) 6-12.
(b) 8-18.
(c) 9-14.
(d) 10-16.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What insects did Hyeonseo's teacher point out to the class during their field trip in order to say that even they were "sad at the Great Leader's death" (72)?

3. What was the one luxury Hyeonseo says her family bought after moving into their riverfront home in Hyesan?

4. What trait does Hyeonseo say that she and her brother had in common with their mother?

5. Who are the bowibu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hyeonseo mean when she tells the reader, "We were now living in a sensitive area, politically," in relation to the family's home in Hyesan (59)?

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

4. How does Hyeonseo feel about her forced participation in the Socialist Youth League?

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

6. What are the two types of prison in the gulag?

7. What major rite of passage within North Korea's culture does Hyeonseo undergo when she is 14 years old?

8. What is ironic about the North Korean government's use of the term "people's trial" (27)?

9. What reason does the author provide for her claim that her family's new home in Hyesan was perfect for her "mother's illicit enterprises" (57)?

10. What quality of her mother's personality does Hyeonseo state is an unusual trait for a woman of high songbun?

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