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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth, Chapters 10-12 and Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon, Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of Hyesan does Hyeonseo say leads to its status as a moneymaking town?
(a) Its location across the Yalu River from China.
(b) Its proximity to Pyongyang.
(c) Its merchant class.
(d) Its military status.

2. For North Korean citizens, joining the Young Pioneer Corps is compulsory in the years between what two ages?
(a) 9-14.
(b) 10-16.
(c) 8-18.
(d) 6-12.

3. What example is given of a person who would inhabit the lowest level of songbun?
(a) A thief.
(b) A heretic.
(c) A murderer whose victim is of higher status.
(d) A political prisoner with no hope of release.

4. The author states that while schooling in North Korea is technically free, what other condition is true?
(a) Education stops after the age of 8.
(b) Parents are required to pay the teachers' salaries.
(c) The Great Leader often demands education taxes.
(d) Parents are constantly being assigned quotas for donations of goods.

5. In 1992, the North Korean government launched a widely publicized campaign called "Let us eat" (55), how many meals per day?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo heard the news that some local young women had been caught listening to South Korean pop music, what was their allocated punishment?

2. What did Hyeonseo do when she saw the starving infant and its mother in the market outside Wiyeon Station?

3. Hyeonseo remarks that the family's home by the river in Hyesan was perfect for what?

4. What location in Hyesan did Hyeonseo name as a "common site for public executions" (73)?

5. Hyeonseo says that her parents' jobs and business dealings meant that her family had enough what?

(see the answer key)

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