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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what type of transport is Hyeonseo's mother traveling when she meets Hyeonseo's father?
2. What red article of clothing did Hyeonseo wear to school that caused the teacher to call her a capitalist and to slap her face?
3. At the time of her writing, how many years ago does Hyeonseo say North Korea had been created?
4. How many gradations of status exist within the three broad categories of songbun?
5. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hyeonseo feel about her forced participation in the Socialist Youth League?
2. How is the theme of appearance versus reality demonstrated within the description of Hyeonseo's mother's behavior once her husband has been detained for ten days?
3. What does Hyeonseo mean when she tells the reader, "We were now living in a sensitive area, politically," in relation to the family's home in Hyesan (59)?
4. What quality of her mother's personality does Hyeonseo state is an unusual trait for a woman of high songbun?
5. How are the themes of money and freedom linked within the scene in which Hyeonseo's mother is caught on the street wearing trousers?
6. When Hyeonseo's grandmother tells her the truth about her biological father and stepfather, what is Hyeonseo's response and what does she say that she should have done instead?
7. What do the hills surrounding the city of Anju symbolize within the text?
8. What beliefs about Chinese people does Hyeonseo say are taught to every North Korean child?
9. What reason does the author provide for her claim that her family's new home in Hyesan was perfect for her "mother's illicit enterprises" (57)?
10. What are the two types of prison in the gulag?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After her forced separation from her family, Hyeonseo builds many relationships with others that resemble family relationships. Choose three people with whom Hyeonseo builds these familial relationships, describe the circumstances surrounding the bonds she forms with each person, and discuss how these relationships fuel the author's message about the definition of family.
Essay Topic 2
Despite the dire situations discussed within the narrative of The Girl with Seven Names, the theme of hope emerges again and again. Find instances of this theme's appearance throughout the memoir and explain how each instance is used by the author in order to demonstrate the value of hope when navigating through struggle.
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of scene in which Hyeonseo wears her new boots to school? How does the author use this event as a metaphor for a particular piece of her worldview and what message does she send to the reader through her relaying of this event?
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