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

2. When Hyeonseo is visiting with her Uncle Jung-gil on the day of her arrival, what terrible news does she realize he has not yet heard?
(a) That her brother had been committed to an asylum.
(b) That Kim Il-sung had died.
(c) That her father had died.
(d) That her sister had died.

3. 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.

4. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Changbai.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Shenyang.
(d) Hyesan.

5. After Hyeonseo's mother escapes from the Bowibu, how long does she wait before she returns to Hyesan?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amount of money does the Bowibu tell Hyeonseo's mother can be paid so that Hyeonseo can come home and will not be charged with a crime?

2. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?

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

4. What type of food is the nooroongji that Mr. Ahn cooks for all of his North Korean visitors?

5. What bad news does Mrs. Ahn deliver to Hyeonseo when Hyeonseo visits Changbai in October of 2004?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Hyeonseo invent in order to reach South Korea?

2. To what location does the title of Part Two refer?

3. What reasons does Hyeonseo provide for her tendency to forget she is North Korean once she has been in Shanghai for a full year?

4. When Hyeonseo goes to Xita to find a job, what is the outcome?

5. What are Geun-soo's mother's views regarding what kind of women Geun-soo should date?

6. What does Hyeonseo mean when she writes, "I should have seen the warning lights when Geun-soo began urging me to improve my Mandarin and correcting me on points of etiquette" (117)?

7. What does Hyeonseo describe as "the cloud" (160) in her sky once she gets settled in her new job in Xita, gets her driving license, lives in her own apartment, and feels more confident in general?

8. What major piece of information does Hyeonseo find out from her regular waitress at Pyongyang Okryugwan and how does the information demonstrate the theme of social stratification?

9. What secret does Hyeonseo keep from Geun-soo, though she does tell him that she is North Korean?

10. What emotion does Hyeonseo say she feels after her mother tells her over the phone that she should not return to North Korea?

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