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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. How long were Zsuzsa and Istvan married?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

3. Why did the Communist state want to create a uniform, physical appearance amongst women?
(a) To create equality.
(b) To confuse them.
(c) To shame them.
(d) To prevent pregnancy.

4. Who did Andrea live with?
(a) A friend.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

5. In response to an abundance of food after the fall of Communism, what was considered a luxury?
(a) Not eating.
(b) A buffet.
(c) Drinking water.
(d) Eating everything in sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Our Little Stasi", what made it difficult for Slavenka to pay her bills?

2. What mentality permeated the people of Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism?

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

4. What trendy look was Slavenka disgusted by when it appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine?

5. How did the people of Eastern Europe feel about the collapse of Communism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Slavenka realized that, to her daughter, Barbie represented what?

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

3. Why was soup a popular dish under the Communist rule?

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

5. Why was Slavenka disgusted by the idea of natural make-up when she saw it in the United States?

6. Why did the girls of Eastern Europe attempt to play with dolls?

7. Why did Slavenka have to learn of Ulrike's past from a friend rather than Ulrike?

8. Why did the Communists prevent women from wearing make-up?

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

10. What pained Slavenka in a memory of her grandmother?

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