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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: A Chat with my Censor and Chapter 9: The Strange Ability of Apartments to Divide and Multiply.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Communist regime, what did the girls in Eastern Europe have trouble playing with?
(a) Boys.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Jacks.
(d) Guns.

2. Years after her release, what happened to Ulrike's prison?
(a) It became a museum.
(b) It caught fire.
(c) It was razed to the ground.
(d) It became a school.

3. Where did Slavenka and Ulrike travel to together?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Berlin.

4. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?
(a) Their efficiency.
(b) Their craftsmanship.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their reliability.

5. Time magazine reported that Eastern European women did what the same as they had fifty years ago?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Think.
(c) Dress.
(d) Make bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

2. Slavenka was disappointed when she realized she was teaching her daughter what?

3. Who helped Ulrike get out of prison?

4. When dreaming of the future, where did Andrea plan to live?

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

(see the answer key)

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