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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far from Moscow was Volodya's place of exile?
(a) 15,000 miles.
(b) 3,000 miles.
(c) 5,000 miles.
(d) 2,000 miles.

2. How did Masha's father die?
(a) Shot.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Executed.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. How did Volodya earn the respect of his fellow prisoners?
(a) He was rich.
(b) Because of his crimes and his chess playing.
(c) He worked hard.
(d) He shared his food.

4. When did Stalin die?
(a) April 5, 1953.
(b) March 5, 1953.
(c) March 5, 1952.
(d) March 5, 1951.

5. What did Masha's mother claim to have lost on a train during the Civil War?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A son.
(d) A bag.

6. What job did Masha have in the early 1960s?
(a) Lab technician.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Family doctor.
(d) Radiologist.

7. When did Leonid chance a trip to visit his parents?
(a) February 1981.
(b) February 1979.
(c) February 1980.
(d) February 1978.

8. What was the name of the town where Volodya was exiled?
(a) Emeristok.
(b) Yomak.
(c) Tsokto-Merks.
(d) Tsokto-Khangil.

9. What Jewish holiday coincided with Stalin's death?
(a) Purim.
(b) Pesach.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Yom Kippur.

10. What relationship did Solomon have with his son in the 1970s?
(a) They talked every other week.
(b) They were tense, but cordial.
(c) He cut ties with him.
(d) They were close.

11. How old was Sanya Slepak when he got his exit visa?
(a) 26.
(b) 25.
(c) 24.
(d) 35.

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

13. When was Sanya Slepak offered an exit visa?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1976.

14. What did Solomon offer Sanya when he visited him before leaving USSR?
(a) A new jacket.
(b) A Communist medal.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) Good luck.

15. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?
(a) Jewish holidays.
(b) Jewish deportation.
(c) Jewish uprising.
(d) Jews leaving the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was safer than having a large group of friends?

2. When did the Jews begin to be repressed again after Stalin's death?

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

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

5. When did Volodya and his wife arrive at the village where he was exiled?

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