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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refused to make a statement about Volodya's wish to leave the Soviet Union?
(a) His employer.
(b) Solomon.
(c) His friends.
(d) His mother.

2. Whose exit visa was approved in April 1979?
(a) Masha's.
(b) Leonid's.
(c) Solomon's.
(d) Volodya's.

3. Why was Volodya rejected from numerous institutions and factories according to Chapter 4?
(a) He had a poor school record.
(b) He failed to get his diploma.
(c) He was not a Communist party member.
(d) He was a Jew.

4. When did Volodya and his wife arrive at the village where he was exiled?
(a) Third week of September 1978.
(b) First week of September 1978.
(c) Second week of September 1978.
(d) Fourth week of September 1978.

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

6. When did Yiddish books start appearing on the Russian market?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1960.

7. How many others signed the letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?
(a) 73.
(b) 45.
(c) 51.
(d) 74.

8. What did Solomon do during his retirement?
(a) Worked at the local Communist center.
(b) Wrote and translated.
(c) Watched TV.
(d) Played golf.

9. When did Khrushchev deliver his speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1956.

10. Where did Sanya first emigrate to?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Israel.
(d) U.S.A.

11. What was Masha's sentence after being arrested?
(a) She was found not guilty.
(b) It was suspended.
(c) She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
(d) 5 years exile.

12. How long did Masha spend in Moscow during the first year of exile?
(a) 3 and a half months.
(b) 1 and a half months.
(c) 2 and a half months.
(d) 4 and a half months.

13. What was Solomon surrounded by during his retirement?
(a) Books and paper.
(b) Friends.
(c) Cats.
(d) His family.

14. When did Volodya arrive in Moscow from exile?
(a) December 4, 1982.
(b) December 8, 1982.
(c) December 5, 1982.
(d) December 6, 1982.

15. How low did the temperature drop during Volodya's exile?
(a) -30 F.
(b) -50 F.
(c) -40 F.
(d) -80 F.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the refuseniks accused of being?

2. What was the name of the town where Volodya was exiled?

3. How long was Volodya's jail sentence?

4. When did Solomon die?

5. When was Volodya asked to lead a laboratory in the development of the Soviet air defense system?

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