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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 was missing from Slavenka's father's funeral?

2. Who did Slavenka's father make peace with, prior to his death?

3. During Communism, what were Eastern Europeans good at doing?

4. Why was Slavenka confused when certain people were glorified in the United States?

5. How old was Slavenka when she first participated in an election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What affected Slavenka emotionally, during her first midnight mass?

2. What happened to the new facade in Budapest?

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

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

5. In "Some Doubt about Fur Coats", why did Slavenka feel guilty about wearing a fur coat?

6. What struck Slavenka as unusual, regarding the election in Sagreb, Croatia?

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

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

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

10. Why was Tito's death significant?

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

Compare and contrast the relationship between Slavenka and her parents and the relationship between Slavenka and her daughter.

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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