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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 did Masha apply for and was granted after Solomon's death?
(a) An exit visa.
(b) The right to accompany Volodya in exile.
(c) A raise of her pension.
(d) Her retirement.

2. What was Volodya allowed to do following his father's death?
(a) Go to the Synagogue.
(b) Call his wife.
(c) Send a letter.
(d) Come back for the funeral.

3. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?
(a) Jewish deportation.
(b) Jewish holidays.
(c) Jews leaving the country.
(d) Jewish uprising.

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

5. When was Sanya Slepak offered an exit visa?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Volodya working in September 1971?

2. How long was Volodya's exile sentence?

3. When did Masha return to medical school?

4. What did Volodya and Masha live on after her retirement?

5. When did Volodya and a group of others protest against their treatment by the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on February 23, 1971?

2. What did Potok wonder when he visited Volodya in the Poconos in 1995 according to the Epilogue?

3. What long story did Masha make up?

4. What was Volodya rejected for at the start of Chapter 4?

5. What did Masha request?

6. What did Solomon do in his old age?

7. What was happening in Siberia?

8. What happened to Masha after a few days of imprisonment?

9. Who visited in Masha and Volodya in February and why?

10. What did Volodya and others request at the start of Chapter 7?

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