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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", Croatia's president issued what decree?
(a) Women will fight for their country.
(b) Men will fight for their country.
(c) Surrender all illegal arms.
(d) Food will be sanctioned.

2. What did not exist under socialism?
(a) Massive wealth.
(b) All of these.
(c) Charity.
(d) Class systems.

3. What programmed Slavenka to grab food whenever she could?
(a) The Depression.
(b) Communism.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Greed.

4. In "A Letter from the United States...", what group did Slavenka say was somewhat radical?
(a) The state police.
(b) Eastern feminists.
(c) Western feminists.
(d) "The Poets".

5. What did the revolution in Zagreb, Croatia lack?
(a) Joy.
(b) A leader.
(c) Hate.
(d) Money.

6. Slavenka sees what as the only outcome of war?
(a) Massive death.
(b) Rebirth.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Resolution.

7. In Slavenka's opinion, what type of influence did women have in Eastern Europe?
(a) Some.
(b) Enormous.
(c) It depended on their purse strings.
(d) None.

8. Slavenka believed that what was an endangered species under Communism?
(a) Women.
(b) Dogs.
(c) People.
(d) Birds.

9. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", what news channel did Slavenka watch?
(a) Fox News.
(b) BBC News.
(c) CNN.
(d) The local news.

10. Where was Evelina from?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Bulgaria.

11. In "Some Doubts...", what exotic purchase did Slavenka feel guilty about?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A fancy car.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A house on the ocean.

12. In "How We Survived Communism", why did Vesna's mother prevent her from throwing stockings away?
(a) In preparation for war.
(b) To punish Vesna.
(c) To protect Vesna's pale legs.
(d) She wanted them.

13. Slavenka referred to a Communist way of looking at things as what?
(a) The "depressed viewpoint".
(b) The "look of hope".
(c) The "communist eye".
(d) The "socialist stare".

14. In 1990, what two countries split from Yugoslavia?
(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Croatia and Macedonia.
(c) Romania and Bosnia.
(d) Croatia and Slovenia.

15. Why did Slavenka leave midnight mass?
(a) Her mother fell ill.
(b) To be home by curfew.
(c) She became frustrated.
(d) Her father fell ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1990, Slavenka finally made peace with what?

2. What type of people heard Slavenka's speech on the "velvet revolution"?

3. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?

4. What group wanted to take political control during the strife in Yugoslavia?

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

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