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

2. Who was in charge of renewing Zagreb?
(a) The state.
(b) The people.
(c) Private investors.
(d) City officials.

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

4. In "A Letter from the United States...", what group did Slavenka say was somewhat radical?
(a) Western feminists.
(b) The state police.
(c) "The Poets".
(d) Eastern feminists.

5. What group wanted to take political control during the strife in Yugoslavia?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Serbs.
(c) The Croatians.
(d) The Russians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was missing from Slavenka's father's funeral?

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

3. Who had military control during the split with Yugoslavia?

4. During her speech in "A Letter from the United States...", Slavenka says communism failed due to a lack of what?

5. In "A Letter from the United States...", what did Slavenka say regarding Communist women and public discourse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Tito's death significant?

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

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

4. In "The Day They Say That War Will Begin", how did Slavenka come to terms with the idea of the impending war?

5. In "Some Doubt about Fur Coats", what happened to a girl wearing a mink coat in Beograd?

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

7. According to Castro, why did he attempt to limit automobiles to less than one per person?

8. Why was Slavenka surprised with herself when she tried to pick a good muffin off the ground in New York?

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

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

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