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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?
(a) His wife, brother, sister in law and nephew.
(b) His wife alone.
(c) KGB agents.
(d) His sons.

2. What means of transportation did Potok and his wife take for the last leg of their trip to meet Volodya?
(a) A car.
(b) A plane.
(c) A boat.
(d) A train.

3. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1985.

4. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?
(a) Third century before the Common Era.
(b) Second century before the Common Era.
(c) First century before the Common Era.
(d) Fourth century before the Common Era.

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

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

7. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Volvograd.

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

9. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?
(a) Sun Yat-sen.
(b) Polpot.
(c) Yang Ze Min.
(d) Gublican.

10. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?
(a) College.
(b) An exit visa.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Military service.

11. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1925.

12. When did Solomon leave Tass?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1941.

13. When was Solomon Slepak born according to Chapter 1?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1896.

14. When did Voitinsky go to China?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1925.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?

2. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?

3. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?

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

5. When was Solomon sent to Japan?

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