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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. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?
2. Who stands up for Hyeonseo when the customer yells that Hyeonseo has misunderstood his request because she is North Korean?
3. What does the word omma mean in Korean?
4. With what implements do the North Korean police beat Min-ho during his interrogation?
5. Whom does Hyeonseo mentally thank for making her learn how to master Chinese characters?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. When Hyeonseo speaks to her mother on the phone for the first time in years, what is Hyeonseo's reaction?
3. How does Hyeonseo feel every time she walks into the Shanghai restaurant called Pyongyang Okryugwan and why?
4. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?
5. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?
6. How does Hyeonseo escape the clutches of the gang holding her hostage?
7. How does Hyeonseo compare and contrast the two countries of North Korea and China through description of each country's restaurants?
8. 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?
9. What secret does Hyeonseo keep from Geun-soo, though she does tell him that she is North Korean?
10. How does Hyeonseo characterize Min-ho's view of money and how his views represent those of all North Koreans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The memoir is littered with the use of sensory details to create a vivid picture of the many different places Hyeonseo finds herself once she has crossed the Yalu River into China. Discuss the author's purpose in including the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and tactile sensations of Hyeonseo's experiences.
Essay Topic 3
How does the theme of compassion arising out of understanding emerge throughout the course of the narrative?
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