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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Ulrike after a year in prison?

2. Where did Tanja outline passages about death?

3. Who helped Ulrike get out of prison?

4. What did Slavenka leave at home once she became popular at school?

5. In the 1970's, what personal hygiene item did Slavenka's family notably do without?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Communist times, what steps made up the beauty routine of Slavenka's mother?

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

3. Under the Communist rule, why did the young people of Eastern Europe have little hope for a better life?

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

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

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

7. Why was Slavenka assigned a Censor?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout Communism, women in Eastern European were not valued. During the fall of Communism, Slavenka did not feel women received adequate representation in the media. Examine Slavenka's feminist views and their relationship to her upbringing in a Communist culture.

Essay Topic 2

The lack of hope is theme that runs throughout the book. Write an essay examining the lack of hope in one of the following people:

1) Tanja.

2) Slavenka.

3) Andrea.

Essay Topic 3

Slavenka and her daughter were raised in two different cultures. Write an essay comparing and contrasting their similarities and differences.

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