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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?
(a) 217.
(b) 325.
(c) 1256.
(d) 253.

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

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

6. How were Solomon's children delivered in Japan?
(a) By forceps.
(b) By C-section.
(c) Naturally.
(d) Water birth.

7. 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) They forbade Bar Mitzvahs.
(d) It closed synagogues.

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

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

10. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Middle Ages.

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

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

13. How long did Rosa have marks on her head?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

15. Why was Solomon's education request rejected?
(a) Because of the quota system.
(b) Because the school was too far.
(c) Because of the tuition cost.
(d) Because his grades were too low.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Solomon come to the United States?

2. When was Volodya born?

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

4. What was the name of the Russian Telegraphic Agency?

5. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?

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