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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. In "Our Little Stasi", what made it difficult for Slavenka to pay her bills?
(a) A lack of money.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) The hours of the post office.
(d) Her mother's interference.

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

3. When did Croatia become a democracy?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1978.
(c) After the fall of the Berlin Wall.
(d) Before World War II.

4. What topics did Slavenka and Evelinka's dinner party guests discuss?
(a) Opposition papers and elections.
(b) The latest fashions.
(c) The opera and the theatre.
(d) Internet start-ups.

5. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) Canada.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ulrike meet her husband?

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

3. Years after her release, what happened to Ulrike's prison?

4. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

5. What brand of toilet paper did Slavenka use as a child?

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