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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the weather begin to get colder in exile?
(a) Early September.
(b) Mid October.
(c) End of September.
(d) Middle of September.

2. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?
(a) Volodya's security status.
(b) His religion.
(c) Volodya's father.
(d) Masha's mother.

3. What did Solomon say of the mistakes made by Stalin?
(a) That they were permanent.
(b) That they were few and small.
(c) That they non-existant.
(d) That the party would correct them.

4. What relationship did Solomon have with his son in the 1970s?
(a) They talked every other week.
(b) They were tense, but cordial.
(c) They were close.
(d) He cut ties with him.

5. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?
(a) Become a soldier.
(b) Become a dentist.
(c) Become a rabbi.
(d) Become a physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Volodya's mother in law receive her visa?

2. What overrode the fear of the Jewish scientists meeting in secret?

3. When did Masha decide that she had had enough of the USSR?

4. How many people died of malnourishment after the Bolsheviks took power?

5. What did Solomon offer Sanya when he visited him before leaving USSR?

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