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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Our Little Stasi", what made it difficult for Slavenka to pay her bills?
(a) The hours of the post office.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Her mother's interference.
(d) A lack of money.

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

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

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

5. What did Croatia eventually install to help citizens pay bills?
(a) A mail system.
(b) The internet.
(c) Private booths.
(d) Post office employees.

6. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?
(a) Christianne.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Ulrike's husband.
(d) Ulrike.

7. What did Tanja choose to do, following her pregnancy?
(a) Get an abortion.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Move to the United States.
(d) Give the baby up for adoption.

8. Who was forced to abandon Ulrike due to her time in prison?
(a) Her church.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her family.

9. When did Croatia become a democracy?
(a) After the fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1950.
(d) Before World War II.

10. Years after her release, what happened to Ulrike's prison?
(a) It caught fire.
(b) It became a school.
(c) It was razed to the ground.
(d) It became a museum.

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

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

13. 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 grumbled, but used them.
(d) She did not notice a difference.

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

15. How did the young and unemployed feel about the living situation under Communist rule?
(a) They complained to the news.
(b) They did not complain.
(c) They complained to each other.
(d) They complained to family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazed Slavenka about the American phone system?

2. How long were Zsuzsa and Istvan married?

3. In Croatia, what issue became important under new democratic governments?

4. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?

5. What is the capital of Bulgaria?

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