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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tanja outline passages about death?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Her newspaper articles.
(d) Time magazine.

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

3. Under Communist rule, how big were the apartments most young professionals lived in?
(a) Three bedroom.
(b) Average.
(c) Very small.
(d) Same size as in the U.S.

4. What brand of toilet paper did Slavenka use as a child?
(a) Slavvaan.
(b) Golub.
(c) Baron.
(d) Charmin.

5. What memory about Slavenka's grandmother saddened her?
(a) The image of worn hands.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) The way she died.
(d) The lack of education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Slavenka discuss with "Inspector M. Officially"?

2. How many children did Zsuzsa and Istvan have?

3. What is the capital of Bulgaria?

4. Where did Ulrike eventually settle?

5. How did the young and unemployed feel about the living situation under Communist rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Zsuzsa got a divorce, what inequality between her and her husband was she concerned with?

2. Why did Tanja kill herself?

3. What did the Censor discuss with Slavenka?

4. After the fall of Communism, what topics were discussed openly at dinner parties?

5. What lie did Slavenka tell her daughter, regarding comfortable toilet paper and other basic amenities?

6. Why was Slavenka worried about some of the things she taught her daughter?

7. Why was Slavenka disappointed after the fall of Communism?

8. Where did Ulrike live when she was released from prison?

9. What did Eastern Europe have to fight for, following the fall of Communism?

10. What were the living conditions for those living under communist rule?

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