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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, A Communist Eye or What did I see in New York?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product did Slavenka attempt to get her daughter to use, to much objection?
(a) Lye soap.
(b) Baking soda for toothpaste.
(c) A comb instead of a hairbrush.
(d) Rough toilet paper.

2. What amazed Slavenka about the American phone system?
(a) The right to switch companies.
(b) People could crank call.
(c) The phones never worked.
(d) It was so expensive.

3. What did Slavenka's daughter admire about America?
(a) Freedom and money.
(b) The focus on education.
(c) The abundance of nature.
(d) Happiness in poverty.

4. What was considered absurd, in a Communist country?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Equality.
(d) Fairness.

5. How did Slavenka's daughter respond to the idea of inferior toiletry products?
(a) She did not notice a difference.
(b) She was grateful to try them.
(c) She grumbled, but used them.
(d) She refused to use them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory about Slavenka's grandmother saddened her?

2. What simple appliance was Slavenka's friend Blaga unaware of?

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

4. What did not exist under socialism?

5. Why was Ulrike put in prison?

(see the answer key)

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