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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. Communism caused Slavenka's entire country to be what?

2. What did Vesna think of her mother's Communist mentality?

3. Slavenka noticed that people often did what, in preparation for a war?

4. What did the revolution in Zagreb, Croatia lack?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Slavenka suspect about the homeless in New York?

2. What items had Vesna's mother been known to collect?

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

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

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

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

7. Why was Tito's death significant?

8. According to Slavenka, what was the effect of Communism on her country?

9. What happened to the new facade in Budapest?

10. Why was Slavenka disturbed by the sermon she heard at her first midnight mass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

After being raised in a Communist country, Slavenka eventually moved to the United States to live. Citing examples from the text, compare and contrast the lifestyle Slavenka had in the U.S. versus her life under Communist rule.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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