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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: My First Midnight Mass and Chapter 17: On the Quality of Wall Paint in Eastern Europe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a child, what did Slavenka get in Italy that made her popular at home?
(a) Perfume.
(b) A coat.
(c) Stockings.
(d) A dog.

3. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?
(a) He was everywhere.
(b) He did not exist.
(c) He was great.
(d) He was forgiving.

4. What gift did Rumiana bring to girls at a reform school?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Cotton batting.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Scented lotion.

5. In "Some Doubts...", what exotic purchase did Slavenka feel guilty about?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A fancy car.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A house on the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in charge of renewing Zagreb?

2. Slavenka was upset when her daughter asked for what toy?

3. In what country is Castro a leader?

4. What mentality permeated the people of Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism?

5. What trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?

(see the answer key)

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