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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 31-36 and Part Three: Journey into Darkness, Chapters 37-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hyeonseo say becomes a main topic of conversation between herself and Ok-hee once they see the television news story about the North Korean defectors?
(a) Getting a new apartment together in Laos.
(b) Volunteering to help North Korean defectors.
(c) Moving to Shenyang together.
(d) Moving to South Korea together.

2. On what instrument did Hyeonseo teach herself to play her favorite song?
(a) The samisen.
(b) The xylophone.
(c) The violin.
(d) The accordion.

3. What job does Hyeonseo perform within her role at the cosmetics company in the Mihang district?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Interpreter.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Waitress.

4. How does Hyeonseo find out that she will not be allowed to leave the salon even if she decides not to take the job?
(a) Another worker tells her that this is not the type of place one can just leave.
(b) The man with the tattoo threatens her life.
(c) One of her customers tells her.
(d) The madam tells her that she is now contracted to work here for one year.

5. What does Hyeonseo have to do while her Uncle Jong-gil and Aunt Sang-hee are at work?
(a) She has to remain inside.
(b) She has to go out and look for work.
(c) She has to watch the couple's children.
(d) She has to work in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Hyeonseo impose on herself for hurting Geun-soo?

2. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?

3. Hyeonseo writes, "Now that I was to stay indefinitely in China, I had to learn" (112) what language?

4. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?

5. What is the rough translation of the North Korean ideological term juche?

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