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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. How does Hyeonseo find out that she will not be allowed to leave the salon even if she decides not to take the job?
2. When Hyeonseo's Uncle Jung-gil tells her that Kim Jong-Il had not been born in Korea, where does he say Kim Jong-il had been born instead?
3. After Hyeonseo talks her way out of the men's salon, in what type of vehicle does she escape?
4. How does Hyeonseo's mother escape the grasp of the Bowibu who have denounced her?
5. What job does Hyeonso take after escaping from the men's salon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What secret does Hyeonseo keep from Geun-soo, though she does tell him that she is North Korean?
2. 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)?
3. What causes Hyeonseo to make the decision not to marry Geun-soo?
4. What does Hyeonseo long for just before she again meets her previous acquaintance Ok-hee?
5. What does Hyeonseo describe as "the cloud" (160) in her sky once she gets settled in her new job in Xita, gets her driving license, lives in her own apartment, and feels more confident in general?
6. How does Hyeonseo acquire her new identification card while living in China?
7. How does Hyeonseo describe Ok-hee and what does Hyeonseo find out the two women have in common?
8. How does Hyeonseo compare and contrast the two countries of North Korea and China through description of each country's restaurants?
9. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?
10. What is symbolized by Hyeonseo's "fashionable new shoes" (101) that she wears on her journey into China?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did she have when choosing and including these images? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images she includes in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss three different women that appear within the book's narrative and compare and contrast their characteristics. How do their roles differ and how are their roles similar? Taken together, what depiction of women is present in the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of scene in which Hyeonseo wears her new boots to school? How does the author use this event as a metaphor for a particular piece of her worldview and what message does she send to the reader through her relaying of this event?
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