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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. Hyeonseo says that "Any North Koreans found illegally in China" (101) were handled in what way?
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. After Hyeonseo's mother escapes from the Bowibu, how long does she wait before she returns to Hyesan?
4. When Hyeonseo and the other workers enter their workplace, they pass through "a special machine" (160) that does what?
5. When Hyeonseo asks the North Korean waitress where her plastic surgery had performed, what is the waitress's reply?
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. How does Hyeonseo acquire her new identification card while living in China?
3. How does Hyeonseo feel every time she walks into the Shanghai restaurant called Pyongyang Okryugwan and why?
4. 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)?
5. What are Geun-soo's mother's views regarding what kind of women Geun-soo should date?
6. 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?
7. What reasons does Hyeonseo provide for her tendency to forget she is North Korean once she has been in Shanghai for a full year?
8. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?
9. What plan does Hyeonseo invent in order to reach South Korea?
10. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did she have when choosing and including these images? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images she includes in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes in Western culture, volunteerism is looked at in terms of only helping those in need, but the memoir seems to put forth the proposition that service to others can also be a means to the provider's own personal happiness. Find examples within the memoir that would prove this conclusion regarding the author's message about service to others and discuss the message's overall effect on the reader.
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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