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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

3. What did Volodya's family use in place of wine for the celebration?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Gin.
(d) Rhum.

4. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That he brought money.
(b) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(c) That their visitor was Potok.
(d) That he would write a book about them.

5. Who saved Volodya when he almost fell down the stairs?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His nanny.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

2. What alternative did Solomon's mother give him when he was 13?

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

4. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?

5. Why did Solomon return to Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What option was Solomon given at the age of 13?

2. What did Slepak ask of his visitors when they got to the apartment?

3. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

4. What was Solomon invited to do?

5. When celebrating an impromptu Shabbat, what did the family substitute?

6. When did the Slepak family receive an exit visa and where were they headed?

7. What does "The Gates of November" say who about two generations according to the Intro?

8. How did Russians view the Jews?

9. When did Solomon immigrate to America and what happened when he arrived?

10. When did Volodya realize he was a Jew according to Chapter 3?

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