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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

4. How many countries were represented in the second Congress of the Comintern?
(a) 5.
(b) 25.
(c) 36.
(d) 53.

5. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?
(a) Howe to launch a man in space.
(b) How to bolster their respective army.
(c) How to improve economy.
(d) How to conquer the world.

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

7. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?
(a) Gin.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Rum.

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

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

10. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(b) After the end of WWII.
(c) After 1964.
(d) Before 1920.

11. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

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

13. Why did Solomon return to Russia?
(a) His wife did not want to have her baby in Japan.
(b) His mother died.
(c) He was recall for a promotion.
(d) His child was sick.

14. How many men did Solomon command against the Japanese?
(a) Close to 10,000.
(b) Close to 30,000.
(c) Close to 20,000.
(d) Close to 40,000.

15. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) Israel.
(b) America.
(c) The Afganistan war.
(d) Their respective family history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?

2. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?

3. What was Solomon's wife's name?

4. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?

5. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?

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