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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 trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?
(a) Metallic make-up.
(b) Platinum hair and red lipstick.
(c) Natural make-up.
(d) Bright blue eyeshadow and mascara.

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

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

4. What event did Slavenka and Ulrike witness together?
(a) Yugoslavia's first election of a democratic leader.
(b) The invention of the internet.
(c) The fall of the Berlin wall.
(d) The assassination of JFK.

5. How old was Tanja when she died?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 23.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the beginning of this book, Yugoslavia celebrated its one-year anniversary of what?

4. When Communism fell, what did the women in Eastern Europe try to do?

5. How old was Ulrike when she met Slavenka?

(see the answer key)

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