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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tanja die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Car accident.
(c) During surgery.
(d) Gas poisoning.

2. Slavenka was shocked to see what favorite food available in thirty varieties?
(a) Candy.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Bread.
(d) Pastry.

3. Under Communist rule, many young people felt what?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Trapped.
(c) Safe.
(d) Protected.

4. What city shocked Slavenka with its variety of food?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Rome.

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

6. When did Slavenka see Tanja for the last time?
(a) The day of her death.
(b) A day before the suicide.
(c) A year before the suicide.
(d) A week before the suicide.

7. Where did Slavenka fly to on June 27, 1991?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) London.

8. As a child, what form of transportation did Slavenka take on a visit to Italy?
(a) A plane.
(b) A bus.
(c) A car.
(d) A boat.

9. During Communist rule, why did many Eastern Europeans eat soup?
(a) Lack of meat.
(b) It was cold.
(c) They liked it.
(d) Lack of dairy.

10. Under Communist rule, who supported the young and unemployed?
(a) No one.
(b) Local charities.
(c) They were self-supported.
(d) The parents.

11. How did Slavenka's daughter respond to the idea of inferior toiletry products?
(a) She was grateful to try them.
(b) She refused to use them.
(c) She did not notice a difference.
(d) She grumbled, but used them.

12. At the beginning of this book, Yugoslavia celebrated its one-year anniversary of what?
(a) An alliance with England.
(b) Switching to the dollar.
(c) The beginning of Communism.
(d) Free elections.

13. How old was Tanja when she died?
(a) 25.
(b) 36.
(c) 40.
(d) 23.

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

15. Slavenka was upset when her daughter asked for what toy?
(a) An electric car.
(b) Cabbage Patch Kid.
(c) Barbie.
(d) The Wii.

Short Answer Questions

1. When year did Tanja die?

2. What amazed Slavenka about the American phone system?

3. What year did Slavenka and Ulrike meet?

4. What important Yugoslavian political figure died in 1980?

5. What did Croatia eventually install to help citizens pay bills?

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