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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Our Little Stasi and Chapter 11: The Language of Soup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Slavenka remember about her mother's beauty regimen?
(a) The lack of supplies.
(b) The amount of perfume she wore.
(c) It was overdone.
(d) That it took forever.

2. During Communist rule, why did many Eastern Europeans eat soup?
(a) It was cold.
(b) Lack of dairy.
(c) Lack of meat.
(d) They liked it.

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

4. What did Slavenka discuss with "Inspector M. Officially"?
(a) Income.
(b) Loud neighbors.
(c) Family.
(d) Ideas.

5. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?
(a) Eating everything in sight.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Not eating.
(d) A buffet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under Communist rule, how big were the apartments most young professionals lived in?

2. In Eastern Europe, what did many people expect out of life?

3. What did America represent to Slavenka?

4. Slavenka raised her daughter to be a what?

5. Why did Slavenka visit East Berlin in "A Doll that Grew Old"?

(see the answer key)

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