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Q. Imposter Ga realizes that there is "no such thing as abandonment." Instead, he says, "When the graver danger awaited, it wasn't abandoning..." What was it, then?
Saving
Betraying
Lying
Loving
Q. "'I don't think John Doe is a missing person. I think it's when you have the person, just not his identity'" (140). What inspired this conversation?
The missing American rowers
The story of the shark attack
The pronunciation of Jun Do's name
Jun Do's misunderstanding of an American idiom
Q. "He knew the televisions were huge and there was all the rice you could eat. Yet he wanted no part of it—he was scared that if he saw it with his own eyes, his entire life would mean nothing" (22). What is Jun Do actually afraid of seeing?
Life in the U.S.
Life in Japan
Life in South Korea
Life in Pyongyang
Q. "'Why doesn't Duc Dan ever write? All these years, not one of them has ever dropped a line to their old Pubyok unit'" (205). Why don't the former Pubyok members keep in touch with their old colleagues?
They're having too much fun at the retirement village
They are sent on secret missions for the state
They want to put work memories aside
They have been imprisoned or murdered
Q. "'It was our greatest fear, ending up with everyone standing around in a circle, staring at the panic of your last moment'" (155). What is Jun Do speaking of here?
Dying in a tunnel collapse
Dying in a public place
Being stoned to death in prison
Being tortured