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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was missing from Slavenka's father's funeral?
(a) Slavenka.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A priest.
(d) A grave.

4. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", Slavenka was concerned that the decree from the new Croatian president would cause what?
(a) Starvation.
(b) A revolt.
(c) Illness.
(d) International strife.

5. Who had military control during the split with Yugoslavia?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Serbs.
(d) The Yugoslavians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political label did Slavenka give herself in "A Letter from the United States..."?

3. Where was Evelina from?

4. In "How We Survived Communism", what did both Slavenka and Vesna's mother like about foreign products?

5. In "How We Survived Communism", why did Vesna's mother prevent her from throwing stockings away?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Some Doubt about Fur Coats", what happened to a girl wearing a mink coat in Beograd?

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

5. According to Slavenka, what was the effect of Communism on her country?

6. On the eighth day of the Gulf War, what happened that affected Slavenka?

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

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

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

10. In "The Day They Say That War Will Begin", why were the shelves in many stores bare?

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