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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. By Chapter 20, how many times has Commander Ga been to South Korea?

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

3. In Chapter 19, what does the narrator say the dogs at the Central Zoo live on?

4. In Chapter 19, what time does the narrator get back to his apartment?

5. What department is Jujack's father the minister of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Comrade Buc say happened to Sun Moon and her children?

4. Where has Sun Moons seen the gun that Kim Jong Il gives Commander Ga?

5. In Chapter 15, how is Wonsan described?

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

7. What does Ga fix to eat at the cemetery?

8. Why does Comrade Buc say that Commander Ga didn't have anything to do with the missing actress?

9. What is the case against the nurse from Panmunjom?

10. How does the narrator get caught up in a work detail for the rice harvest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the author use imagery to help the reader understand the experiences of the characters and setting of the story?

Essay Topic 2

If Sun Moon's new script is an allegory, what does it reveal about her life and if she will be able to change the end of her story?

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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