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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. In Chapter 13, how many days does the narrator spend working on the Grass into Meat campaign at his apartment building?

2. Who tore the door off Kim Il Sungs' car and carried it as a shield?

3. Near what river is the peasant village where the city folk sleep in Chapter 19?

4. Why are the flowers stolen from the Revolutionary Martytrs' Cemetery?

5. What color dresses are Commander Buc's daughters wearing in Part II, Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Commander Ga want the prisoners in Camp 33 to look for in the mines and why?

2. What was Mongnan's role when Jun Do killed Commander Ga?

3. Why will Buc help Commander Ga engineer an escape?

4. What does Buc say about the chances of getting out of North Korea?

5. How did the Propaganda boys write the story of a lady missionary who snuck in from the south with a satchel of Bibles?

6. What does Ga suggest the Dear Leader give the Americans?

7. Why does the Dear Leader say he will probably never see the Texas Commander Ga set up?

8. What answer does Commander Ga give when Sun Moon asks him why he was in prison?

9. Why do soldiers come to see Commander Ga in Part II, Chapter 10?

10. Why do Sun Moon and Ga go the the Martyrs' Cemetery in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the retelling of the visit to the cemetery develop the theme of propaganda in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

When Jun Dow was in Texas, why did he defend North Korea and the culture?

Essay Topic 3

What were the reasons why Commander Ga and other officials wanted the white rock from Prison 33? What power did this represent?

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