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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. Under Communist rule, many young people felt what?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Protected.
(c) Safe.
(d) Inspired.

2. Slavenka raised her daughter to be a what?
(a) Feminist.
(b) Snob.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Fashion model.

3. What did Andrea do for a living?
(a) Painter.
(b) Professor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Doctor.

4. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?
(a) He did not exist.
(b) He was everywhere.
(c) He was great.
(d) He was forgiving.

5. What did Alemka do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Journalist.
(c) State police.
(d) Economist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of party did Slavenka and Evelina host together?

2. In Slavenka's opinion, what type of influence did women have in Eastern Europe?

3. What political label did Slavenka give herself in "A Letter from the United States..."?

4. What important Yugoslavian political figure died in 1980?

5. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?

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