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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 recipe was wanted in the Prologue?

2. What is the highest floor of apartment buildings were residents live?

3. What was the professor accused of doing in Part II, Chapter 1?

4. How many names are on the list used to name the orphans?

5. In Part II, Chapter 3, who do the North Korean table-tennis team defeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the language school where students are taught to speak English, and who are the students there?

2. What are some of the things the crew of the Junma catch?

3. How does Jun Do get a suit to wear to America?

4. Why does the Captain ask Jun Do what he wants for being a hero?

5. Who is Commander Ga?

6. What is Jun Do's assignment after the kidnappings end?

7. In Part 1, Chapter 3, where does Jun Do recuperate?

8. Why are only the bottom nine floors of apartment buildings usually the only floors where people live?

9. How has the Junma been damaged by fire?

10. What happens to the professor from Kaesong after the interrogation is finished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is greater than Buc's fear of displeasing the Dear Leader that causes him to volunteer to help Ga with his escape plan?

Essay Topic 2

What was the work that Jun Do did for Officer So, and how did this work affect Jun Do physically and emotionally?

Essay Topic 3

What does the depiction of the narrator reveal about the role of propaganda and coercion in North Korea?

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