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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main consequence of asking for a visa in Soviet Russia?
(a) Visa seekers lost their pension.
(b) Visa seekers lost their jobs.
(c) Visa seekers were seen as enemies of the government.
(d) Visa seekers could not work for the government.

2. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?
(a) Become a rabbi.
(b) Become a physician.
(c) Become a soldier.
(d) Become a dentist.

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

4. What did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?
(a) Him being jailed.
(b) Stalin staying in power.
(c) Killing innocent people.
(d) The arrest of hundreds of innocent peoples.

5. Who saved Volodya when he almost fell down the stairs?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Volodya rejected from numerous institutions and factories according to Chapter 4?

2. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?

3. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?

4. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?

5. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

(see the answer key)

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