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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?
(a) A vase.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A beer bottle.
(d) A tire iron.

2. Who finds a broker to help Hyeonseo and Ok-hee enact their plan to move to a different country?
(a) Geun-soo.
(b) Hyeonseo.
(c) Ok-hee.
(d) Min-ho.

3. When Hyeonseo sinks into depression and no longer wants to talk to anyone, what object does she buy as company?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A doll.
(d) A cat.

4. When Hyeonseo's mother calls her a time other than their regular time, what does she tell Hyeonseo she has laid her hands on and is trying to sell?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Crystal methamphetamine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Muscle relaxers.

5. When Hyeonseo leaves her waitressing job, what position does she take instead?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Washerwoman and housekeeper.
(c) Cook and hostess.
(d) Interpreter and secretary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument left behind by her cousin does Hyeonseo teach herself to play during her stay with her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?

3. How many months after her departure from their home does Hyeonseo wait before contacting her aunt and uncle in Shenyang?

4. Hyeonseo says that after years in the Chinese workforce, she develops "an emotional attachment" (166) to what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hyeonseo characterize Min-ho's view of money and how his views represent those of all North Koreans?

2. What reasons does Hyeonseo provide for her tendency to forget she is North Korean once she has been in Shanghai for a full year?

3. To what location does the title of Part Two refer?

4. What does Hyeonseo long for just before she again meets her previous acquaintance Ok-hee?

5. What does Hyeonseo mean when she writes, "I should have seen the warning lights when Geun-soo began urging me to improve my Mandarin and correcting me on points of etiquette" (117)?

6. What major piece of information does Hyeonseo find out from her regular waitress at Pyongyang Okryugwan and how does the information demonstrate the theme of social stratification?

7. What emotion does Hyeonseo say she feels after her mother tells her over the phone that she should not return to North Korea?

8. What are Geun-soo's mother's views regarding what kind of women Geun-soo should date?

9. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?

10. How does Hyeonseo describe Ok-hee and what does Hyeonseo find out the two women have in common?

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