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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did Masha return to Moscow during the exile?
(a) Every 2 months.
(b) Every 3 months.
(c) Every 5 months.
(d) Every 4 months.

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

3. What did Solomon stay dedicated to?
(a) His family.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) The Communist party.

4. What did Volodya learn Solomon knew and refused to talk about later on?
(a) That Volodya's name was on a deportation list.
(b) That his mother died in childbirth.
(c) That he was not Jewish.
(d) That he wanted to remarry.

5. Why was Leonid hiding from Soviet authorities?
(a) He refused to be drafted.
(b) He refused to go to school.
(c) He refused to carry his Communist party card.
(d) He refused to convert.

6. Why did Volodya and his wife ask for a new place to stay?
(a) Masha did not think the house was safe.
(b) They were sharing it with another exilee.
(c) She didn't like the landlord.
(d) Masha found the place too small.

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

8. Where did Noya Drapkin want to emigrate to?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Canada.
(c) USA.
(d) Israel.

9. When did Solomon die?
(a) September 2, 1978.
(b) November 2, 1978.
(c) September 15, 1978.
(d) January 21, 1979.

10. When was Volodya asked to lead a laboratory in the development of the Soviet air defense system?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1963.

11. Why did Masha leave the prison after being arrested in 1978?
(a) She had to go to the hospital for an ulcer.
(b) She was released on bail.
(c) She was acqquited.
(d) She needed to resume work.

12. What were some of the refuseniks accused of being?
(a) KGB informers.
(b) FBI agents.
(c) CIA agents.
(d) Facists.

13. Why was the letter sent from pretend relatives in Israel not used?
(a) It was confiscated by the KGB.
(b) Volodya's family names were misspelled.
(c) The rules for applying were changed.
(d) It was written in Hebrew.

14. What was the main focus of the first conference of World Jewry?
(a) The Jewsih army.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.
(d) The Six Day War.

15. What did the Six Days War convince the Slepaks of?
(a) Israel needed radar technology.
(b) That the USSR was weak.
(c) Israel had a better army than the USSR.
(d) Israel could maintain power over their enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Volodya and his wife decide to do to try to get a visa?

2. What was Solomon surrounded by during his retirement?

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

4. How many others signed the letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?

5. What was the main consequence of asking for a visa in Soviet Russia?

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