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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Solomon stay dedicated to?
(a) The Communist party.
(b) His family.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Stalin.

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

3. What was safer than having a large group of friends?
(a) Keeping it in the family.
(b) Only having Communist friends.
(c) Having a small group of friends.
(d) Having no friends.

4. What did Sanya learn on the radio in 1978?
(a) That his grandfather was dead.
(b) That his parents had been arrested.
(c) That his parents fled the country.
(d) That the USSR fell.

5. When did Volodya arrive in Moscow from exile?
(a) December 5, 1982.
(b) December 8, 1982.
(c) December 4, 1982.
(d) December 6, 1982.

6. How many others signed the letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?
(a) 73.
(b) 74.
(c) 45.
(d) 51.

7. When did the government start attacking the refuseniks?
(a) March 1965.
(b) March 1979.
(c) March 1978.
(d) March 1977.

8. What did the Six Days War convince the Slepaks of?
(a) Israel needed radar technology.
(b) Israel could maintain power over their enemies.
(c) That the USSR was weak.
(d) Israel had a better army than the USSR.

9. When was Masha warned the second time about actions to be taken against the Russian Jews?
(a) March1952.
(b) February 1952.
(c) March 1953.
(d) February 1953.

10. What did Solomon say of the mistakes made by Stalin?
(a) That the party would correct them.
(b) That they were few and small.
(c) That they non-existant.
(d) That they were permanent.

11. When did Masha and Volodya obtain their exit visa?
(a) October 13, 1990.
(b) October 13, 1987.
(c) October 13, 1989.
(d) October 13, 1988.

12. Why did Masha leave the prison after being arrested in 1978?
(a) She had to go to the hospital for an ulcer.
(b) She was acqquited.
(c) She was released on bail.
(d) She needed to resume work.

13. What was taken out of textbooks according to Masha?
(a) Jewish names.
(b) Pictures of Stalin.
(c) Foreign sounding names.
(d) American names.

14. When was Masha born?
(a) December 7, 1926.
(b) November 9, 1926.
(c) November 7, 1926.
(d) November 7, 1927.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did Masha return to Moscow during the exile?

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

3. When did Masha and Volodya marry?

4. How did Volodya earn the respect of his fellow prisoners?

5. What did Volodya and his wife decide to do to try to get a visa?

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