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

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

3. When Min-ho calls Hyeonseo to ask for more money, for what does Hyeonseo assume the last round of money had been used?
(a) Food.
(b) Fines.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Bribes.

4. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who does Hyeonseo think they are?
(a) Her brother and uncle.
(b) Her two cousins.
(c) Policemen.
(d) The two South Korean filmmakers.

5. Hyeonseo writes, "Now that I was to stay indefinitely in China, I had to learn" (112) what language?
(a) Szechuan.
(b) Mandarin.
(c) Mongolian.
(d) Cantonese.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Hyeonseo celebrate her eighteenth birthday?

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

3. Hyeonseo states that every election in North Korea always "returned Kim Jong-il with" what "percentage approval" (111)?

4. When Hyeonseo's mother calls her a time other than their regular time, what does she tell Hyeonseo she has laid her hands on and is trying to sell?

5. After Hyeonseo talks her way out of the men's salon, in what type of vehicle does she escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. What job does Hyeonseo get after receiving her new piece of Chinese identification and how does the situation demonstrate the power inherent in proven legitimacy?

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

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

8. 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)?

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

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

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