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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 religious holidays did Slavenka's family celebrate?

2. In 1990, what two countries split from Yugoslavia?

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

4. In "A Letter from the United States...", Slavenka was asked to speak on what?

5. What surprising item did Slavenka hold up, while speaking on the "velvet revolution"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Slavenka hold up sanitary napkins and tampons during a speech?

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

3. What happened to the new facade in Budapest?

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

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

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

7. What was the reaction of the audience to Slavenka's speech on the state of women after the "velvet revolution"?

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

9. Why did charity not exist under socialism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Slavenka was somewhat of an environmentalist, she balked at government control in this area. Write an essay examining her stance on the government's involvement in the environment. Analyze why she feels the way she does about the topic, citing examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Although many of the women in the book were married, they were not in happy relationships. Write an essay supporting or refuting the following statement, citing examples from the text: Many of Slavenka's friends were unhappy in their relationship due to the inequality between men and women.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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