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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Pizza in Warsaw, Torte in Prague and Chapter 3: Make-up and other Crucial Questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Slavenka see Tanja for the last time?
(a) A year before the suicide.
(b) A day before the suicide.
(c) The day of her death.
(d) A week before the suicide.

2. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?
(a) Torte.
(b) Wine.
(c) Swiss candy.
(d) Apples.

3. Where did Slavenka fly to on June 27, 1991?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

4. At the beginning of this book, Yugoslavia celebrated its one-year anniversary of what?
(a) Switching to the dollar.
(b) The beginning of Communism.
(c) Free elections.
(d) An alliance with England.

5. What did Jolanta do for a living?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Flight attendant.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Translator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Communist state want to create a uniform, physical appearance amongst women?

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

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

4. Slavenka was shocked to see what favorite food available in thirty varieties?

5. What did Slavenka remember about her mother's beauty regimen?

(see the answer key)

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