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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Volodya and his wife arrive at the village where he was exiled?
(a) First week of September 1978.
(b) Second week of September 1978.
(c) Third week of September 1978.
(d) Fourth week of September 1978.

2. What were refuseniks in Soviet Russia?
(a) Dissidents who refused to join the army.
(b) People who refused to accept the end of the USSR.
(c) People who refused to take their Communist party card.
(d) Dissidents whose visas were always refused.

3. What did Solomon do during his retirement?
(a) Worked at the local Communist center.
(b) Watched TV.
(c) Wrote and translated.
(d) Played golf.

4. Where did Potok meet Volodya and Masha in 1995?
(a) New York
(b) Moscow.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. What did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?
(a) Killing innocent people.
(b) The arrest of hundreds of innocent peoples.
(c) Stalin staying in power.
(d) Him being jailed.

6. When did Masha retire?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

7. When did Khrushchev deliver his speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1957.

8. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?
(a) His religion.
(b) Volodya's security status.
(c) Masha's mother.
(d) Volodya's father.

9. What were some of the refuseniks accused of being?
(a) FBI agents.
(b) KGB informers.
(c) Facists.
(d) CIA agents.

10. How low did the temperature drop during Volodya's exile?
(a) -40 F.
(b) -80 F.
(c) -50 F.
(d) -30 F.

11. What prompted Volodya's firing from his job in September of 1971?
(a) A visit from a political officer.
(b) A visit from the KGB.
(c) A visit from the NKVD.
(d) A visit from the Party official.

12. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?
(a) Not having enough food.
(b) Her being locked in her apartment by the KGB.
(c) Not having her visa yet.
(d) Not being able to call Israel.

13. How did the Communist authorities prevent Russians from listening to news from the West?
(a) The radios were limited to Russians frequencies.
(b) They didn't allow personal radios.
(c) They scrambled frequencies used by the West.
(d) They prevented large emissions tower from being put next to their borders.

14. Who refused to make a statement about Volodya's wish to leave the Soviet Union?
(a) Solomon.
(b) His friends.
(c) His employer.
(d) His mother.

15. How long did Masha spend in Moscow during the first year of exile?
(a) 1 and a half months.
(b) 4 and a half months.
(c) 2 and a half months.
(d) 3 and a half months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sanya Slepak offered an exit visa?

2. What job did Volodya take in the boiler room?

3. What did Masha's mother claim to have lost on a train during the Civil War?

4. Where did Volodya and the others stage their protest?

5. What did Masha apply for and was granted after Solomon's death?

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