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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 did Tanja outline passages about death?
(a) Her journal.
(b) Time magazine.
(c) Her newspaper articles.
(d) The Bible.

2. Under Communism, who frequently used the Croatian phone system?
(a) Mothers.
(b) The State Police.
(c) Teachers.
(d) The homeless.

3. Slavenka referred to a Communist way of looking at things as what?
(a) The "communist eye".
(b) The "socialist stare".
(c) The "depressed viewpoint".
(d) The "look of hope".

4. During "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", Croatia's president issued what decree?
(a) Women will fight for their country.
(b) Men will fight for their country.
(c) Surrender all illegal arms.
(d) Food will be sanctioned.

5. What was Tanja forbidden to do, following her article against socialism?
(a) Publish.
(b) Get married.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Speak in public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Slavenka tell her daughter regarding the mentality of Slavenka's childhood?

2. What did Slavenka's family once use for toilet paper?

3. How did Slavenka's daughter respond to the idea of inferior toiletry products?

4. What was one of the problems in Zsuzsa and Istvan's marriage?

5. What product did Slavenka attempt to get her daughter to use, to much objection?

(see the answer key)

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