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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 invention of the internet.
(b) The fall of the Berlin wall.
(c) Yugoslavia's first election of a democratic leader.
(d) The assassination of JFK.

2. In "Some Doubts...", what exotic purchase did Slavenka feel guilty about?
(a) A house on the ocean.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) A fancy car.

3. Why were cleaning services forbidden in Communist times?
(a) They bred inequality.
(b) They did not do the job well.
(c) They cost too much.
(d) They bred laziness.

4. Why was Ulrike put in prison?
(a) An attempt to flee her country.
(b) Theft.
(c) Assault.
(d) Embezzlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Beograd, why did a mob attempt to set a girl's coat on fire?

2. Who helped Ulrike get out of prison?

3. When did Croatia become a democracy?

4. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

5. In "A Letter from the United States...", what symbol represented freedom to Slavenka?

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