3. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?
(a) Provides x-rays.
(b) Blows contaminates from clothing.
(c) Demagnetizes.
(d) Detects metal.

4. What punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?
(a) She vows to walk everywhere she goes for one year.
(b) She vows to eat only plain rice for one month.
(c) She vows never to hurt another man again.
(d) She vows never to marry.

5. 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 hits one of the Bowibu over the head with her purse and runs.
(c) She screams in the street that she is being murdered and she is released.
(d) She pleas for help from a passing taxi driver and jumps in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hyeonseo refuse Kim's request to have dinner with her, though she feels strongly attracted to him?

2. Just before Hyesan disappears from Hyeonseo's view, she thinks of the love and trust in her mother's eyes as she had told Hyeonseo not to stay out too late. What is NOT one way Hyeonseo says she feels at this moment?

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

4. When Hyeonseo is at her lowest point, she decides to blow all of her savings on what item?

5. How does Hyeonseo escape the painful and confusing truth her Uncle Jung-gil shares with her about North Korea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hyeonseo acquire her new identification card while living in China?

3. How does Hyeonseo escape the clutches of the gang holding her hostage?

4. 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?

5. How does Hyeonseo compare and contrast the two countries of North Korea and China through description of each country's restaurants?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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