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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: My First Midnight Mass and Chapter 17: On the Quality of Wall Paint in Eastern Europe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Slavenka and Ulrike meet?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1988.

2. Who was Danuta forced to support?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her sister's children.
(c) Her four kids.
(d) Her mother.

3. When Zagreb's facade was improved, what concerned Slavenka?
(a) It still displayed Communist symbols.
(b) It looked the same.
(c) It looked like everywhere else.
(d) It was all in metal.

4. Where was Ulrike from?
(a) The United States.
(b) East Germany.
(c) Yugoslavia.
(d) Poland.

5. Once they had the right to vote, the people in Zagreb had little interest in doing what?
(a) Supporting their leaders.
(b) Voting.
(c) Complaining.
(d) Working.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Letter from the United States...", Slavenka was asked to speak on what?

2. What did Croatia eventually install to help citizens pay bills?

3. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?

4. What gift did Rumiana bring to girls at a reform school?

5. During her speech in "A Letter from the United States...", Slavenka says communism failed due to a lack of what?

(see the answer key)

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