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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Solomon accept in 1920?
(a) Deputy Head of the Press Department in Moscow.
(b) Writer for the Press Department in Moscow.
(c) Director of the Press Department in Moscow.
(d) Head of the Press Department in Moscow.

2. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?
(a) So it didn't sound Jewish.
(b) He wife did not want to marry a Jew.
(c) It was easier to write in Japanese.
(d) He wanted a fresh start.

3. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
(a) The Scandinavian Russ.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The Georgian King.
(d) The Manchourian Emperor.

4. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?
(a) Stalin's rise to power.
(b) Lenin's death.
(c) The persecution of Jews by the Government.
(d) The final defeat of the "White" army.

5. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?
(a) Asian tribes.
(b) European tribes.
(c) Spanish tribes.
(d) Finnish and Slavic tribes.

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

7. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Moscow.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

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

12. When did Volodya became ill, forcing his family to go back to Moscow?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1937.

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

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

15. How old was Volodya when he first saw a picture of Stalin?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Voitinsky go to China?

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

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

4. When was Solomon sent to Japan?

5. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?

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