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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. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Material goods.
(c) Money.
(d) Her coworkers.

2. After Hyeonseo talks her way out of the men's salon, in what type of vehicle does she escape?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A tuk-tuk.
(d) A bus.

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

4. After their first phone conversation after many years of separation, how often do Hyeonseo and her mother speak on the phone?
(a) Every morning.
(b) Every evening.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every weekend.

5. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?
(a) 30,000 yuan and 500 American dollars.
(b) She had not sent any money.
(c) She does not remember.
(d) 10,000 yuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hyeonseo name as someone who becomes a great friend to her in China?

2. 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?

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

4. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?

5. When Hyeonseo sinks into depression and no longer wants to talk to anyone, what object does she buy as company?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?

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

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

5. When Hyeonseo speaks to her mother on the phone for the first time in years, what is Hyeonseo's reaction?

6. How is the theme of deception as a means of survival portrayed within Hyeonseo's escape from her job at the men's salon?

7. How does Hyeonseo feel every time she walks into the Shanghai restaurant called Pyongyang Okryugwan and why?

8. How does Hyeonseo describe Ok-hee and what does Hyeonseo find out the two women have in common?

9. What causes Hyeonseo to make the decision not to marry Geun-soo?

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

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