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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. Why was Slavenka confused when certain people were glorified in the United States?
2. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", how did Slavenka feel about the idea of war?
3. What was unique about the midnight mass Slavenka attended with her mother?
4. In "A Communist Eye...", what food item did Slavenka almost pick up?
5. In 1987, what did Castro limit the ownership of?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Day They Say That War Will Begin", how did Slavenka come to terms with the idea of the impending war?
2. How did Slavenka define the "communist eye"?
3. In "Some Doubt about Fur Coats", what happened to a girl wearing a mink coat in Beograd?
4. According to Slavenka, what was the effect of Communism on her country?
5. What struck Slavenka as unusual, regarding the election in Sagreb, Croatia?
6. In "The Day They Say That War Will Begin", why were the shelves in many stores bare?
7. According to Castro, why did he attempt to limit automobiles to less than one per person?
8. In "How We Survived Communism", why did Vesna's mother want her to save a ripped stocking?
9. What affected Slavenka emotionally, during her first midnight mass?
10. Slavenka believes it impossible for a regime to do what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Slavenka and her daughter were raised in two different cultures. Write an essay comparing and contrasting their similarities and differences.
Essay Topic 2
After Communism fell, basic items such as food became abundant in both variety and availability. In what interesting ways did this abundant lifestyle affect the people of Eastern Europe?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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