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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. During Communist times, why did people trade space in their apartments?
(a) There was a lot of extra room.
(b) To make money.
(c) To own something.
(d) To be kind.

2. What did Tadeusz fight for in Poland?
(a) Democracy.
(b) The solidary movement.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Communism.

3. Who did Andrea live with?
(a) A friend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

4. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?
(a) Canada.
(b) Africa.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

5. What did Jolanta do for a living?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Flight attendant.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Translator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazed Slavenka about the American phone system?

2. What memory about Slavenka's grandmother saddened her?

3. When Zsuzsa and Istvan divorced, what did Zsuzsa believe?

4. As a child, what affliction did Slavenka suffer from on a trip to Italy?

5. Under Communist rule, what was the problem with the apartment situation?

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