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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Masha's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Shot.
(c) Executed.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?
(a) She couldn't work in a non-Jewish hospital.
(b) She couldn't spare the time because of her child.
(c) She didn't want to work with male doctors.
(d) She would have to join the Communist party.

3. When did the Slepak family finally get their visa out of Russia?
(a) October 1986.
(b) October 1987.
(c) October 1988.
(d) October 1985.

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 he was not Jewish.
(c) That he wanted to remarry.
(d) That his mother died in childbirth.

5. What was Noya Drapkin husband's name?
(a) Vika.
(b) Igor.
(c) Mika.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?

2. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

3. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?

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

5. When did Solomon come to the United States?

(see the answer key)

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