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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 amazed Slavenka about the American phone system?
(a) The phones never worked.
(b) It was so expensive.
(c) The right to switch companies.
(d) People could crank call.

2. As a child, what form of transportation did Slavenka take on a visit to Italy?
(a) A car.
(b) A boat.
(c) A plane.
(d) A bus.

3. What things did Slavenka's family adapt to using in the 1970's?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Brushing their teeth.
(c) Washing their hands.
(d) All of these.

4. Where did Ulrike meet her husband?
(a) New York.
(b) India.
(c) West Berlin.
(d) Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tanja outline passages about death?

2. During Communist times, why did people trade space in their apartments?

3. Under Communist rule, what was the purpose behind the Croatian phone system?

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

5. Evelina worked as a what?

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