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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. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?
(a) Receptionist.
(b) Administrative assistant.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Waitress.

2. When Hyeonseo is at her lowest point, she decides to blow all of her savings on what item?
(a) A car.
(b) A tandem bicycle.
(c) A new cell phone.
(d) New clothes.

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

4. When Min-ho calls Hyeonseo to ask for more money, for what does Hyeonseo assume the last round of money had been used?
(a) Fines.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Food.

5. Hyeonseo states that every election in North Korea always "returned Kim Jong-il with" what "percentage approval" (111)?
(a) 99%.
(b) 100%.
(c) At least 90%.
(d) At least 80%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bad news does Mrs. Ahn deliver to Hyeonseo when Hyeonseo visits Changbai in October of 2004?

2. The thought of what event keeps Hyeonseo from trying to make it to South Korea when she first considers the possibility?

3. Why does Hyeonseo refuse Kim's request to have dinner with her, though she feels strongly attracted to him?

4. When someone calls Hyeonseo claiming to be a friend of her mother's and asks her how much money she had sent to her mother, what is Hyeonseo's reply?

5. What does Hyeonseo eventually find out had happened to the money she had given to her mother?

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. How does Hyeonseo acquire her new identification card while living in China?

3. When Hyeonseo goes to Xita to find a job, what is the outcome?

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

5. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?

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

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

8. What plan does Hyeonseo invent in order to reach South Korea?

9. When Hyeonseo speaks to her mother on the phone for the first time in years, what is Hyeonseo's reaction?

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

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