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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. What aspect of the songbun system is kept secret from those residing within its levels?
2. What border was Hyeonseo's father crossing when he was arrested?
3. To what city does Hyeonseo's family move after leaving Hyesan?
4. Hyeonseo says that she will never be truly free of her country's what, no matter how far she travels?
5. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?
Short Essay Questions
1. What quality of her mother's personality does Hyeonseo state is an unusual trait for a woman of high songbun?
2. What is shown about Hyeonseo's maternal grandmother's character within the description of her reaction to Hyeonseo's mother's divorce and child borne of the marriage?
3. How is the theme of language as a tool of manipulation present within the North Korean campaign of 1992?
4. How is Hyeonseo's mother's devotion to Hyeonseo's father demonstrated in the scene when Hyeonseo's father does not return on time from his business trip to China?
5. What event causes Hyeonseo to change her behavior of listening to South Korean pop with her friends?
6. What are the two types of prison in the gulag?
7. What major rite of passage within North Korea's culture does Hyeonseo undergo when she is 14 years old?
8. What does the family's color television symbolize within the narrative?
9. Where is Hyeonseo's family's new house in Hyesan located after they move back from Anju?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of power is one that comes up over and over within the memoir's narrative, particularly in relation to Hyeonseo's feelings of powerlessness and subsequent realizations about the power she does indeed hold. Choose three instances when Hyeonseo realizes that she does, indeed, carry power, even within her often precarious situation. Discuss how these realizations help to shape the author's message regarding power.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the memoir's title and of the repeated references to it throughout the memoir. What is the author's purpose in including the theme of many identities, both in the title and throughout the narrative of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
How does the theme of compassion arising out of understanding emerge throughout the course of the narrative?
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