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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: My First Midnight Mass and Chapter 17: On the Quality of Wall Paint in Eastern Europe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topics did Slavenka and Evelinka's dinner party guests discuss?
(a) Internet start-ups.
(b) Opposition papers and elections.
(c) The opera and the theatre.
(d) The latest fashions.

2. What important Yugoslavian political figure died in 1980?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Tito.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) Tanja.

3. Slavenka was upset when her daughter asked for what toy?
(a) Barbie.
(b) The Wii.
(c) Cabbage Patch Kid.
(d) An electric car.

4. What was significant about the new facade in Budapest?
(a) It inspired.
(b) It was torn down.
(c) It turned to gold.
(d) It fell apart.

5. What country supplied products to Poland after the fall of Communism?
(a) Canada.
(b) Africa.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Zsuzsa and Istvan divorced, what did Zsuzsa believe?

2. Who did Andrea live with?

3. What did apartments offer that made them "mythical objects of worship"?

4. What delicacy did Slavenka purchase in Prague?

5. Who helped Ulrike get out of prison?

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