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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. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?
2. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?
3. Hyeonseo writes, "Now that I was to stay indefinitely in China, I had to learn" (112) what language?
4. What item is NOT enclosed in the package Hyeonseo sends home to Hyesan?
5. What does the word omma mean in Korean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hyeonseo acquire her new identification card while living in China?
2. How does Hyeonseo characterize Min-ho's view of money and how his views represent those of all North Koreans?
3. What are Geun-soo's mother's views regarding what kind of women Geun-soo should date?
4. What reasons does Hyeonseo provide for her tendency to forget she is North Korean once she has been in Shanghai for a full year?
5. 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?
6. What emotion does Hyeonseo say she feels after her mother tells her over the phone that she should not return to North Korea?
7. What secret does Hyeonseo keep from Geun-soo, though she does tell him that she is North Korean?
8. To whom does Hyeonseo's new identification card, the one stating that her name is Park Sun-ja, belong?
9. How does Hyeonseo escape the clutches of the gang holding her hostage?
10. What does Hyeonseo describe as "the cloud" (160) in her sky once she gets settled in her new job in Xita, gets her driving license, lives in her own apartment, and feels more confident in general?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the literary device of foreshadowing used to highlight coming events within the story of The Girl with Seven Names? Provide an ample number of quotes from the memoir in order to prove your claims.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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