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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Volodya's jail sentence?

2. When did Masha decide that she had had enough of the USSR?

3. When was Masha warned the second time about actions to be taken against the Russian Jews?

4. When did Volodya's mother in law receive her visa?

5. What did the Six Days War convince the Slepaks of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Masha and Volodya moved into an apartment?

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

3. When was Volodya's exile completed?

4. Why did Masha and Volodya divorce?

5. What job opportunity did Volodya have in 1962?

6. Why did Leonid request an extension after receiving a visa?

7. What was happening in Siberia?

8. What did Solomon do in his old age?

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

10. How did Volodya earn the respect of others in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Solomon and Volodya and analyze Volodya's belief that his father never understood him.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the role of the press in Russia and examine how it both helped and hindered the Slepak's request for exit visas.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the "doctor's plot" in Russia and compare it with other such events in Europe focused on Jewish professionals.

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