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

2. What does Hyeonseo forget to ask when she accepts her first job after leaving the men's salon?
(a) Which days she will have off.
(b) Whether she will need an ID.
(c) What her hours will be.
(d) The amount of her salary.

3. Where does Hyeonseo decide to go once she has reached Mr. Ahn's house across the river in China?
(a) To a neighborhood bar.
(b) Back across the river to Hyesan.
(c) To the local teahouse.
(d) To visit her family in Shenyang.

4. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?
(a) Laos.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Mongolia.

5. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?
(a) A press conference.
(b) National Day.
(c) Kim Il-sung's birthday.
(d) The harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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