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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. What name does Hyeonseo's mother call her the first time they speak on the phone after years of separation?
(a) Min-young.
(b) Min-ra.
(c) Min-su.
(d) Soon-hyang.

2. What instrument left behind by her cousin does Hyeonseo teach herself to play during her stay with her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?
(a) An accordion.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A harpsichord.
(d) A xylophone.

3. What does Hyeonseo have to do while her Uncle Jong-gil and Aunt Sang-hee are at work?
(a) She has to watch the couple's children.
(b) She has to work in the garden.
(c) She has to go out and look for work.
(d) She has to remain inside.

4. When Hyeonseo's mother tells her not to come back to Hyesan because the family is under suspicion due to Hyeonseo's absence, what does she tell Hyeonseo she plans to do?
(a) Sell the house and move.
(b) Fake Hyeonseo's death.
(c) Find a way to get the whole family to South Korea.
(d) Come to China and get her.

5. What kind of company does Hyeonseo's Uncle Jong-gil run in China?
(a) A coal mining company.
(b) A trading company.
(c) A Taekwondo studio.
(d) A printing company.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?

2. What result of a medical check-up convinces Hyeonseo that she is about to die?

3. Who finds a broker to help Hyeonseo and Ok-hee enact their plan to move to a different country?

4. With what implements do the North Korean police beat Min-ho during his interrogation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. To whom does Hyeonseo's new identification card, the one stating that her name is Park Sun-ja, belong?

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

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

5. How does Hyeonseo characterize Min-ho's view of money and how his views represent those of all North Koreans?

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

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

9. What does Hyeonseo long for just before she again meets her previous acquaintance Ok-hee?

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

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