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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: I think of Ulrike this night in November and Chapter 5: On Doing Laundry.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Slavenka was shocked to see what favorite food available in thirty varieties?
(a) Candy.
(b) Pastry.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bread.

3. What was Tanja forbidden to do, following her article against socialism?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Get married.
(c) Speak in public.
(d) Publish.

4. When year did Tanja die?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1988.

5. Due to a Communist mind-set, what did Tanja lack?
(a) Hope.
(b) Humility.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ulrike from?

2. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?

3. What did America represent to Slavenka?

4. What response did Tanja's article against socialism receive?

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

(see the answer key)

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