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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Some Doubts about Fur Coats and Chapter 15: That Sunday like an Empty Red Balloon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event did Slavenka and Ulrike witness together?
(a) The assassination of JFK.
(b) The invention of the internet.
(c) The fall of the Berlin wall.
(d) Yugoslavia's first election of a democratic leader.

2. Time magazine reported that Eastern European women did what the same as they had fifty years ago?
(a) Think.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Make bread.
(d) Dress.

3. Who was forced to abandon Ulrike due to her time in prison?
(a) Her church.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her husband.

4. What was one of the problems in Zsuzsa and Istvan's marriage?
(a) They drank too much.
(b) He was a gambler.
(c) They married too young.
(d) She loved another man.

5. Under Communist rule, what was the purpose behind the Croatian phone system?
(a) To create jobs.
(b) Spying.
(c) Public service.
(d) Money making.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1987, what did Castro limit the ownership of?

2. How old was Slavenka when she first participated in an election?

3. How many children did Zsuzsa and Istvan have?

4. Where did Ulrike eventually settle?

5. In "Our Little Stasi", what bill did Slavenka struggle to pay?

(see the answer key)

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