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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 7th century.
(c) 8th century.
(d) 6th century.

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

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

4. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 0.9 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 2 million.

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

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

7. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?
(a) They forbade them from speaking Hebrew.
(b) It closed synagogues.
(c) They prevented them from owning property.
(d) They forbade Bar Mitzvahs.

8. What was Solomon's wife's name?
(a) Masha.
(b) Yollanda.
(c) Irena.
(d) Fanya.

9. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?
(a) Owen Laster.
(b) Igor Stenko.
(c) Mark Standal.
(d) Joseph Marks.

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

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

12. When was Volodya born?
(a) October 12, 1927.
(b) September 29, 1927.
(c) October 29, 1927.
(d) October 29, 1928.

13. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1672.

14. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
(a) Yom Kippur.
(b) Passover.
(c) A Bar Mitzvah.
(d) Shabbat.

15. Who did Solomon return to Russia with?
(a) Markus Trenko.
(b) Igor Stravinsky.
(c) Gregory Alexeyev.
(d) Gregory Zarkhin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?

2. How many countries were represented in the second Congress of the Comintern?

3. When did Solomon come to the United States?

4. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?

5. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

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