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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. In what area of the men's salon is Hyeonseo put to work massaging a man?

2. What item does Mr. Ahn buy for Hyeonseo in an attempt to make her "look more Chinese" (102)?

3. What does the word omma mean in Korean?

4. In what city does Mr. Ahn live?

5. With what object does a mysterious figure hit Hyeonseo over the head when she arrives home from work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To whom does Hyeonseo's new identification card, the one stating that her name is Park Sun-ja, belong?

3. How does Hyeonseo feel every time she walks into the Shanghai restaurant called Pyongyang Okryugwan and why?

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

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

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

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

8. What job does Hyeonseo get after receiving her new piece of Chinese identification and how does the situation demonstrate the power inherent in proven legitimacy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The epilogue of the memoir provides the reader with Hyeonseo's final thoughts about how her North Korean upbringing and her subsequent life events have shaped her as a person. Discuss the author's choice to include this epilogue and its intended effect on the reader within the context of the whole 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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