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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 punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?
2. How old is Hyeonseo by the time she gets her new job at the cosmetics company in the Mihang district?
3. What two items does Hyeonseo's mother give to the head of the investigation team in order to have her name removed from the list of suspects?
4. When Hyeonseo is visiting with her Uncle Jung-gil on the day of her arrival, what terrible news does she realize he has not yet heard?
5. Where does Hyeonseo decide to go once she has reached Mr. Ahn's house across the river in China?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?
3. What causes Hyeonseo to make the decision not to marry Geun-soo?
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 emotion does Hyeonseo say she feels after her mother tells her over the phone that she should not return to North Korea?
6. 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)?
7. How does Hyeonseo describe Ok-hee and what does Hyeonseo find out the two women have in common?
8. To what location does the title of Part Two refer?
9. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?
10. What plan does Hyeonseo invent in order to reach South Korea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss three different women that appear within the book's narrative and compare and contrast their characteristics. How do their roles differ and how are their roles similar? Taken together, what depiction of women is present in the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of fear within the memoir The Girl with Seven Names. What is the author telling the reader about the nature of fear, about the harm that fear can inflict, and about the methods people can use to combat fear?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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