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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. At what age are North Koreans forced to join the Socialist Youth League?
2. To what figure is Chapter 14's title referring in its statement that "The great heart has stopped beating" on the chapter's title page?
3. What insects did Hyeonseo's teacher point out to the class during their field trip in order to say that even they were "sad at the Great Leader's death" (72)?
4. Attendance at what event is mandatory for children from the time they enter North Korean elementary school?
5. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of language as a tool of manipulation present within the North Korean campaign of 1992?
2. What does the author say is the reason that "kindness toward strangers is rare in North Korea" (38)?
3. 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?
4. What does the author claim is ironic about North Korea's beginnings as a communist state?
5. 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?
6. What does the family's color television symbolize within the narrative?
7. What is the "only permitted outlet for spiritual fervor" (41) in North Korea and what does the author say is the punishment for seeking out different means of spirituality?
8. What do the hills surrounding the city of Anju symbolize within the text?
9. What quality of her mother's personality does Hyeonseo state is an unusual trait for a woman of high songbun?
10. What major world event does Hyeonseo say she and other North Koreans were completely ignorant of in the 1990s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The epilogue of the memoir provides the reader with Hyeonseo's final thoughts about how her North Korean upbringing and her subsequent life events have shaped her as a person. Discuss the author's choice to include this epilogue and its intended effect on the reader within the context of the whole memoir.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a symbolic object from the memoir, such as Hyeonseo's boots, the Big Mac, or the portrait of Kim Jong-il and discuss its overall meaning and connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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