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

2. What simple appliance was Slavenka's friend Blaga unaware of?
(a) A dishwasher.
(b) A dryer.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A refrigerator.

3. Under Communist rule, what was typical of Eastern European marriages?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Inequality.
(c) Passion.
(d) Love.

4. What did Slavenka leave at home once she became popular at school?
(a) Her doll.
(b) Her retainer.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her glasses.

5. At the beginning of this book, Yugoslavia celebrated its one-year anniversary of what?
(a) Switching to the dollar.
(b) An alliance with England.
(c) The beginning of Communism.
(d) Free elections.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tanja choose to do, following her pregnancy?

3. Evelina worked as a what?

4. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

5. In "Our Little Stasi", what made it difficult for Slavenka to pay her bills?

(see the answer key)

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