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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who established the Kindergarden Volodya attended in China?
(a) Russian Jews.
(b) Taoist monks.
(c) The Chinese government.
(d) Franciscan monks.

2. Who did Solomon run into at the 1920 Comintern?
(a) Yury Andropov.
(b) Igor Stenko.
(c) Gregory Zarkhin.
(d) Stalin.

3. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

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

5. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?
(a) Give gifts.
(b) Talk.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Speak Hebrew.

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

7. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Armenian genocide.
(c) Russian prosecution.
(d) The creation of the Jewish state.

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

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

10. When was Solomon sent to Japan?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1925.

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

12. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

13. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?
(a) USA.
(b) England.
(c) Israel.
(d) Japan.

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

15. What was the name of the Russian Telegraphic Agency?
(a) Rosta.
(b) Soyuz.
(c) Vostok.
(d) Tass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

3. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

4. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?

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

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