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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. When did Voitinsky go to China?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1921.

2. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Volvograd.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Kiev.

3. Why did Solomon return to Russia?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His child was sick.
(c) His wife did not want to have her baby in Japan.
(d) He was recall for a promotion.

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

5. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died of malnourishment after the Bolsheviks took power?

2. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?

3. Why did Lenin see an opportunity for Bolshevik expansion after WWI?

4. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?

5. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was signed in August 1939?

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

4. What did Stalin decide after Germany surrendered to Russia in 1945?

5. How did Russians view the Jews?

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

7. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

8. Why were the Russians excited after giving a housewarming gift?

9. How many Jews lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

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

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