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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 19-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of North Korea's population consistently falls within the Hostile category of the songbun caste system?
(a) 30%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 20%.

2. Who are the bowibu?
(a) Secret police in North Korea.
(b) Secret police in North Korea.
(c) Secret police in South Korea.
(d) Secret police in Laos.

3. Hyeonseo says that she will never be truly free of her country's what, no matter how far she travels?
(a) Identity.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Indoctrination.

4. What was the title of Hyeonseo's favorite song and is also the title of Chapter 10 of her memoir?
(a) Rocky Island.
(b) Gangnam Style.
(c) Jailhouse Rock.
(d) Come to Me.

5. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?
(a) The basement.
(b) The front room.
(c) The back room.
(d) The attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?

2. In what season did Hyeonseo and her family move to the riverfront house in Hyesan?

3. When the receptionist at the restaurant calls Hyeonseo to tell her there are two men waiting for her there, who does Hyeonseo think they are?

4. What border was Hyeonseo's father crossing when he was arrested?

5. How does Hyeonseo escape the painful and confusing truth her Uncle Jung-gil shares with her about North Korea?

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