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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. 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?
(a) Because the power in the city is out.
(b) Because her father does not permit her to waste money on electricity at night.
(c) Because the power in the country is out.
(d) Because she thinks it will lend a romantic air to their reunion.

2. Whose daughter told Hyeonseo that illegal South Korean pop cassettes could be bought discreetly from certain dealers?
(a) Hyesan's chief of police.
(b) Uncle Opium.
(c) Aunt Pretty.
(d) Anju's magistrate.

3. When Hyeonseo is visiting with her Uncle Jung-gil on the day of her arrival, what terrible news does she realize he has not yet heard?
(a) That her brother had been committed to an asylum.
(b) That her father had died.
(c) That her sister had died.
(d) That Kim Il-sung had died.

4. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?
(a) She climbs out of the bathroom window at the headquarters.
(b) She pleas for help from a passing taxi driver and jumps in.
(c) She hits one of the Bowibu over the head with her purse and runs.
(d) She screams in the street that she is being murdered and she is released.

5. What two items does Hyeonseo's mother give to the head of the investigation team in order to have her name removed from the list of suspects?
(a) A refrigerator and cash.
(b) Crystal methamphetamine and cash.
(c) Cash and a motorcycle.
(d) A freezer and a washing machine.

Short Answer 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?

2. Whom does Hyeonseo name as someone who becomes a great friend to her in China?

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

4. Once Hyeonseo changes her mind and decides that she does want to see Kim before he goes back to Seoul, what does she do?

5. What document does a North Korean citizen need in order to even leave their local county?

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