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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. What year did Slavenka and Ulrike meet?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

2. What trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?
(a) Natural make-up.
(b) Bright blue eyeshadow and mascara.
(c) Metallic make-up.
(d) Platinum hair and red lipstick.

3. What was Slavenka's mother able to recite at the midnight mass?
(a) The liturgy.
(b) The books of the bible.
(c) The patron saints.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

4. In "How We Survived Communism", what happened to Vesna's stockings?
(a) They turned red.
(b) They tore.
(c) They attracted bugs.
(d) They got stolen.

5. During Communism, what were Eastern Europeans good at doing?
(a) Collecting and recycling items.
(b) Creating new inventions.
(c) Exlcuding others.
(d) Blaming each other for problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What programmed Slavenka to grab food whenever she could?

2. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", Slavenka was concerned that the decree from the new Croatian president would cause what?

3. Why did Slavenka visit East Berlin in "A Doll that Grew Old"?

4. How did Tanja die?

5. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?

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