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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lenin see an opportunity for Bolshevik expansion after WWI?
(a) The world's armies were depleted.
(b) Literacy was at its highest.
(c) The world's governments were weakened.
(d) The transportation system was in place for agents to move freely.

2. How many people died of malnourishment after the Bolsheviks took power?
(a) 10 millions.
(b) 25 millions.
(c) 15 millions.
(d) 20 millions.

3. Where did Solomon's family move from Dubrovno to when he was 3?
(a) Kopys.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Volvograd.
(d) Moscow.

4. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?
(a) The window.
(b) The door.
(c) The clock.
(d) The TV.

5. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?
(a) The final defeat of the "White" army.
(b) Stalin's rise to power.
(c) The persecution of Jews by the Government.
(d) Lenin's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Volodya born?

2. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?

3. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?

4. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

5. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

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