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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. Just before Hyesan disappears from Hyeonseo's view, she thinks of the love and trust in her mother's eyes as she had told Hyeonseo not to stay out too late. What is NOT one way Hyeonseo says she feels at this moment?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Outsmarted.
(d) Selfish.

2. Who does Uncle Jong-gil say drove Kim Il-sung to a heart attack?
(a) Hostile citizens.
(b) Kim Jong-il.
(c) Kim Jong-un.
(d) The American government.

3. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Laos.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Siberia.

4. What did Hyeonseo's mother do immediately upon seeing her husband in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) She sobs.
(b) She faints.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She screams.

5. With whom did Hyeonseo and Min-ho stay while their mother tended to their father in the Hyesan hospital?
(a) Uncle Cinema's family.
(b) Uncle Opium's family.
(c) Aunt Pretty's family.
(d) Mr. Ahn's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hyeonseo's father rushes back into the burning house, what items does he emerge from the house carrying?

2. Why does Hyeonseo's mother carry a candle to the door when meeting Hyeonseo's future father and her future husband for the second time?

3. What simile does Hyeonseo use to describe the fireball emanating from her childhood home?

4. Hyeonseo states that every election in North Korea always "returned Kim Jong-il with" what "percentage approval" (111)?

5. Hyeonseo's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?

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