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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising item did Slavenka hold up, while speaking on the "velvet revolution"?
(a) A bottle of vodka.
(b) Drug paraphernalia.
(c) A doll from childhood.
(d) Sanitary products.

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

3. Under Communism, Slavenka knew Croatia would never what?
(a) Get attacked.
(b) Become poor.
(c) Sacrifice its people.
(d) Change.

4. Once they had the right to vote, the people in Zagreb had little interest in doing what?
(a) Supporting their leaders.
(b) Working.
(c) Voting.
(d) Complaining.

5. What war did Slavenka watch during "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin"?
(a) Croatia's Civil war.
(b) The Gulf War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

6. What was considered absurd, in a Communist country?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Equality.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Prosperity.

7. In "A Communist Eye...", what did Slavenka notice about the people in advertisements?
(a) They were poorly dressed.
(b) They seemed perfect.
(c) They were ugly.
(d) They always wore red, white and blue.

8. In "A Communist Eye...", who was Slavenka startled to see living on the street?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Homeless people.
(c) Rich people.
(d) Cats.

9. In Communist countries, who provided for the poor?
(a) No one.
(b) The people.
(c) The state.
(d) Their family.

10. Where was Evelina from?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Croatia.

11. In "A Letter from the United States...", what was Slavenka asked to speak on?
(a) Children and the revolution.
(b) The progress of environmentalism.
(c) The quality of the economy.
(d) Women and the revolution.

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

13. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?
(a) He was great.
(b) He was everywhere.
(c) He was forgiving.
(d) He did not exist.

14. Who did Slavenka's father make peace with, prior to his death?
(a) The state.
(b) The church.
(c) Slavenka.
(d) His sister.

15. What did not exist under socialism?
(a) Class systems.
(b) Massive wealth.
(c) All of these.
(d) Charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Slavenka attended midnight mass, what was the focus of the sermon?

2. What did the revolution in Zagreb, Croatia lack?

3. In 1987, what did Castro limit the ownership of?

4. In 1990, Slavenka finally made peace with what?

5. Why did Slavenka leave midnight mass?

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