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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Solomon do during his retirement?
(a) Watched TV.
(b) Wrote and translated.
(c) Worked at the local Communist center.
(d) Played golf.

2. What was Volodya's family concerned with?
(a) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.
(b) That Potok was a KGB agent.
(c) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.
(d) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.

3. When did Solomon come to the United States?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1916.

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

5. When did the government start attacking the refuseniks?
(a) March 1978.
(b) March 1977.
(c) March 1965.
(d) March 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Solomon die?

2. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?

3. Who went with Volodya on his exile?

4. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?

5. What did Masha apply for and was granted after Solomon's death?

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