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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lenin see an opportunity for Bolshevik expansion after WWI?
(a) The world's armies were depleted.
(b) The world's governments were weakened.
(c) Literacy was at its highest.
(d) The transportation system was in place for agents to move freely.

2. When did Stalin die?
(a) April 5, 1953.
(b) March 5, 1951.
(c) March 5, 1952.
(d) March 5, 1953.

3. Who did Solomon return to Russia with?
(a) Gregory Zarkhin.
(b) Igor Stravinsky.
(c) Markus Trenko.
(d) Gregory Alexeyev.

4. What did Masha apply for and was granted after Solomon's death?
(a) An exit visa.
(b) Her retirement.
(c) The right to accompany Volodya in exile.
(d) A raise of her pension.

5. How long was Khrushchev's speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 10,000 words.
(b) 3,000 words.
(c) 20,000 words.
(d) 90,000 words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first job Volodya found at the village?

2. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?

3. When did Voitinsky go to China?

4. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?

5. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?

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