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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: A Chat with my Censor and Chapter 9: The Strange Ability of Apartments to Divide and Multiply.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What memory about Slavenka's grandmother saddened her?
(a) The way she died.
(b) The lack of education.
(c) The image of worn hands.
(d) Alcoholism.

2. What impressed Slavenka about American washing machines?
(a) Their craftsmanship.
(b) Their reliability.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their efficiency.

3. How old was Andrea when Slavenka was her close friend?
(a) 31.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 50.

4. What happened to Ulrike after a year in prison?
(a) She lost her mind.
(b) She lost her hair.
(c) She developed polio.
(d) She learned English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Slavenka learned the truth about Ulrike from whom?

2. Slavenka raised her daughter to be a what?

3. According to Slavenka, what sect was not acknowledged in the media during the collapse of Communism?

4. Years after her release, what happened to Ulrike's prison?

5. Where did Slavenka fly to on June 27, 1991?

(see the answer key)

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