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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. What was significant about the new facade in Budapest?
(a) It fell apart.
(b) It turned to gold.
(c) It inspired.
(d) It was torn down.

2. In 1990, Slavenka finally made peace with what?
(a) The rebellion of her daughter.
(b) The possibility of famine.
(c) The death of her parents.
(d) The idea of war.

3. Why did Slavenka leave midnight mass?
(a) Her mother fell ill.
(b) Her father fell ill.
(c) She became frustrated.
(d) To be home by curfew.

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

5. What religious holidays did Slavenka's family celebrate?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Passover.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?

2. What was Slavenka's mother able to recite at the midnight mass?

3. In "A Communist Eye...", who was Slavenka startled to see living on the street?

4. What did Castro claim hurt the environment?

5. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", how did Slavenka feel about the idea of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Tito's death significant?

2. Why was Slavenka concerned at the rapid rate at which the European cities freed from Communism were remodeled?

3. Slavenka believes it impossible for a regime to do what?

4. What happened to the new facade in Budapest?

5. In "The Day They Say That War Will Begin", why were the shelves in many stores bare?

6. Why was the difference between Western and Eastern feminist movements so great?

7. In "How We Survived Communism", why did Vesna's mother want her to save a ripped stocking?

8. What was the reaction of the audience to Slavenka's speech on the state of women after the "velvet revolution"?

9. How did Slavenka define the "communist eye"?

10. What affected Slavenka emotionally, during her first midnight mass?

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