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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 the Communist authorities prevent Russians from listening to news from the West?
(a) They didn't allow personal radios.
(b) They scrambled frequencies used by the West.
(c) The radios were limited to Russians frequencies.
(d) They prevented large emissions tower from being put next to their borders.

2. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That their visitor was Potok.
(b) That he brought money.
(c) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(d) That he would write a book about them.

3. When was Solomon sent to Japan?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1927.

4. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 27.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?

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

4. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?

5. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?

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