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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. How many children did Zsuzsa and Istvan have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

2. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?
(a) Their reliability.
(b) Their craftsmanship.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their efficiency.

3. What simple appliance was Slavenka's friend Blaga unaware of?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A dryer.

4. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Ulrike.
(c) Christianne.
(d) Ulrike's husband.

5. Under Communist rule, what was typical of Eastern European marriages?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Passion.
(c) Love.
(d) Inequality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the problems in Zsuzsa and Istvan's marriage?

2. How old was Ulrike when she met Slavenka?

3. In Croatia, what issue became important under new democratic governments?

4. When Zsuzsa and Istvan divorced, what did Zsuzsa believe?

5. What did Tadeusz fight for in Poland?

(see the answer key)

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