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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
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's first memory consists of almost dying in what way?
4. Attendance at what event is mandatory for children from the time they enter North Korean elementary school?
5. How old is Hyeonseo when the family's home catches on fire?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the themes of money and freedom linked within the scene in which Hyeonseo's mother is caught on the street wearing trousers?
2. What does the author claim is ironic about North Korea's beginnings as a communist state?
3. How does Hyeonseo interpret the fortune-teller's announcement that Hyeonseo will have "a future connected with music" and will "eat foreign rice" (43)?
4. What does the author say is the reason that "kindness toward strangers is rare in North Korea" (38)?
5. What does the family's color television symbolize within the narrative?
6. What major rite of passage within North Korea's culture does Hyeonseo undergo when she is 14 years old?
7. What is the "only permitted outlet for spiritual fervor" (41) in North Korea and what does the author say is the punishment for seeking out different means of spirituality?
8. What reason does the author provide for her claim that her family's new home in Hyesan was perfect for her "mother's illicit enterprises" (57)?
9. What beliefs about Chinese people does Hyeonseo say are taught to every North Korean child?
10. How is the theme of appearance versus reality demonstrated within the description of Hyeonseo's mother's behavior once her husband has been detained for ten days?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oftentimes in Western culture, volunteerism is looked at in terms of only helping those in need, but the memoir seems to put forth the proposition that service to others can also be a means to the provider's own personal happiness. Find examples within the memoir that would prove this conclusion regarding the author's message about service to others and discuss the message's overall effect on the reader.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the memoir's title and of the repeated references to it throughout the memoir. What is the author's purpose in including the theme of many identities, both in the title and throughout the narrative of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
How does the theme of compassion arising out of understanding emerge throughout the course of the narrative?
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