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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many countries were represented in the second Congress of the Comintern?
(a) 53.
(b) 5.
(c) 36.
(d) 25.

2. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?
(a) They prevented them from owning property.
(b) They forbade them from speaking Hebrew.
(c) It closed synagogues.
(d) They forbade Bar Mitzvahs.

3. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?
(a) The final defeat of the "White" army.
(b) Stalin's rise to power.
(c) The persecution of Jews by the Government.
(d) Lenin's death.

4. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) America.
(b) Their respective family history.
(c) The Afganistan war.
(d) Israel.

5. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The Middle Ages.

6. How many men did Solomon command against the Japanese?
(a) Close to 20,000.
(b) Close to 30,000.
(c) Close to 40,000.
(d) Close to 10,000.

7. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 0.9 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 2 million.

8. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?
(a) An exit visa.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Military service.
(d) College.

9. 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.

10. When did Volodya became ill, forcing his family to go back to Moscow?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

11. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?
(a) His wife, brother, sister in law and nephew.
(b) KGB agents.
(c) His wife alone.
(d) His sons.

12. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 6th century.
(b) 7th century.
(c) 8th century.
(d) 10th century.

13. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?
(a) The clock.
(b) The window.
(c) The door.
(d) The TV.

14. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Their mother in law.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their aunt.

15. How were Solomon's children delivered in Japan?
(a) Naturally.
(b) Water birth.
(c) By forceps.
(d) By C-section.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

2. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

3. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

4. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?

5. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?

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