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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 did Alemka do for a living?

2. What product did Slavenka attempt to get her daughter to use, to much objection?

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

4. What simple appliance was Slavenka's friend Blaga unaware of?

5. Under Communism, few expected what would ever change?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Slavenka startled to find a notated Bible amongst Tanja's possessions?

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

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

7. Why was Slavenka concerned at the way the Communism era was depicted to tourists in East Berlin?

8. What did the Censor discuss with Slavenka?

9. Why was Slavenka disappointed after the fall of Communism?

10. Why was Slavenka worried about some of the things she taught her daughter?

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

Once communism fell, there was still much unrest and disorganization in the cities it once ruled. Write an essay examining the effect of this change on one of the following topics:

1) The citizens.

2) The buildings.

3) The culture.

Essay Topic 3

Freedom of speech or expression was not allowed under Communist rule. Examine how the people in Slavenka's life were affected by this mandate.

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