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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. Where does Hyeonseo decide to go once she has reached Mr. Ahn's house across the river in China?
2. How does Hyeonseo find out that she will not be allowed to leave the salon even if she decides not to take the job?
3. What object does Hyeonseo's first customer in her new job ask her for when she mistakenly gives him a piece of gum?
4. After Hyeonseo's mother escapes from the Bowibu, how long does she wait before she returns to Hyesan?
5. What bad news does Mrs. Ahn deliver to Hyeonseo when Hyeonseo visits Changbai in October of 2004?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What causes Hyeonseo to make the decision not to marry Geun-soo?
3. To whom does Hyeonseo's new identification card, the one stating that her name is Park Sun-ja, belong?
4. What reasons does Hyeonseo provide for her tendency to forget she is North Korean once she has been in Shanghai for a full year?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What are the considerations that cause Hyeonseo to waffle in her decision about whether or not to go to South Korea?
8. What does Hyeonseo long for just before she again meets her previous acquaintance Ok-hee?
9. How does Hyeonseo compare and contrast the two countries of North Korea and China through description of each country's restaurants?
10. How does Hyeonseo escape the clutches of the gang holding her hostage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Deception is a theme that shows up often in The Girl with Seven Names, both in relation to the author's use of deceit to elude her would-be captors and in relation to the deceptive techniques employed by the North Korean secret police in their quest to identify traitors. Develop a claim stating the author's message regarding deception and prove your claim with at least three instances of deception within the memoir.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of fear within the memoir The Girl with Seven Names. What is the author telling the reader about the nature of fear, about the harm that fear can inflict, and about the methods people can use to combat fear?
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