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

2. During Communist rule, why did many Eastern Europeans eat soup?
(a) Lack of dairy.
(b) They liked it.
(c) It was cold.
(d) Lack of meat.

3. How old was Tanja when she died?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 23.
(d) 36.

4. During the Communist regime, what did the girls in Eastern Europe have trouble playing with?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Boys.
(c) Guns.
(d) Jacks.

5. What was Tanja forbidden to do, following her article against socialism?
(a) Speak in public.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Get married.
(d) Publish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ulrike eventually settle?

2. How long were Zsuzsa and Istvan married?

3. Why did Slavenka visit East Berlin in "A Doll that Grew Old"?

4. Where was Ulrike from?

5. What did Andrea do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the new president of Croatia create private booths to pay bills?

2. When Eastern European women had problems, who did they blame?

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

4. Why did Slavanka think of her old doll while shopping in Poles?

5. How did Tanja's lover die?

6. Why was Slavenka upset when her daughter asked for a Barbie?

7. Why did the state keep an eye on Slavenka?

8. Why did people trade space in their apartments?

9. Why was Slavenka assigned a Censor?

10. Why was Slavenka concerned that Americans could not imagine what it would be like to live in a Communist society?

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