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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?
(a) Torte.
(b) Swiss candy.
(c) Apples.
(d) Wine.

2. What delicacy did Zofia and Jasmina have a passion for?
(a) Caviar.
(b) Butter.
(c) Foie gras.
(d) Swiss chocolate.

3. What did Alemka do for a living?
(a) State police.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Economist.
(d) Teacher.

4. Under Communism, few expected what would ever change?
(a) Living conditions.
(b) Food supplies.
(c) Creative employment opportunities.
(d) All of these.

5. When year did Tanja die?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1995.

6. Slavenka was disappointed when she realized she was teaching her daughter what?
(a) Independence.
(b) Capitalist ideals.
(c) Self-reliance.
(d) Communist ideals.

7. What did Jolanta do for a living?
(a) Flight attendant.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Translator.
(d) Waitress.

8. What does the author think about the title of her book?
(a) It is funny.
(b) It is inaptly named.
(c) It is embarrassing.
(d) It is perfect.

9. What did Slavenka discuss with "Inspector M. Officially"?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Family.
(c) Loud neighbors.
(d) Income.

10. What did Slavenka do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Translator.
(c) Counselor.
(d) Journalist.

11. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?
(a) Africa.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

12. What did America represent to Slavenka?
(a) Negativity.
(b) Sophistication.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Poverty.

13. What topics did Slavenka and Evelinka's dinner party guests discuss?
(a) Opposition papers and elections.
(b) The latest fashions.
(c) Internet start-ups.
(d) The opera and the theatre.

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

15. What did Slavenka's family once use for toilet paper?
(a) Tissue.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Socks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Andrea's typical mental state?

2. Where did Slavenka and Ulrike travel to together?

3. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?

4. Why did the Communist state want to create a uniform, physical appearance amongst women?

5. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

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