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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: A Doll that Grew Old and Chapter 7: Forward to the Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Slavenka remember about her mother's beauty regimen?
(a) It was overdone.
(b) The amount of perfume she wore.
(c) The lack of supplies.
(d) That it took forever.

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

3. In the 1970's, what personal hygiene item did Slavenka's family notably do without?
(a) Comb.
(b) Soap.
(c) Shampoo.
(d) Deodorant.

4. In addition to Tanja, who did her lover impregnate?
(a) His other girlfriend.
(b) All of these.
(c) His wife.
(d) Tanja's sister.

5. Where did Tanja outline passages about death?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Her newspaper articles.
(c) Her journal.
(d) Time magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ulrike eventually settle?

2. How did the people of Eastern Europe feel about the collapse of Communism?

3. Why did Slavenka visit East Berlin in "A Doll that Grew Old"?

4. When did Slavenka see Tanja for the last time?

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

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