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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: How We Survived Communism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ulrike from?
(a) Poland.
(b) East Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Yugoslavia.

2. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?
(a) Their efficiency.
(b) Their reliability.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their craftsmanship.

3. Slavenka noticed that people often did what, in preparation for a war?
(a) Spent time with family.
(b) Wrote a will.
(c) Stocked their cupboards.
(d) Built fall-out shelters.

4. When Zsuzsa and Istvan divorced, what did Zsuzsa believe?
(a) It was meant to happen.
(b) His life would be better than hers.
(c) Her life would be better than his.
(d) The gods would punish him.

5. In "How We Survived Communism", what did both Slavenka and Vesna's mother like about foreign products?
(a) They smelled like baby powder.
(b) They were intricate.
(c) They were hard to get.
(d) They were beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Communism caused Slavenka's entire country to be what?

2. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?

3. How old was Andrea when Slavenka was her close friend?

4. What did not exist under socialism?

5. In "A Communist Eye...", Slavenka believed that beggars were lying about what?

(see the answer key)

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