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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main focus of the first conference of World Jewry?
(a) The Six Day War.
(b) Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) The Jewsih army.

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

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

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

5. What was the first job Volodya found at the village?
(a) At the granary.
(b) At the telegraph company.
(c) At the post office.
(d) In a farm.

6. When was Volodya's apartment searched according to Chapter 7?
(a) June 1972.
(b) June 1970.
(c) June 1973.
(d) June 1971.

7. When did Volodya's mother-in-law die?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1982.

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

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

10. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?
(a) November 1952.
(b) November 1951.
(c) November 1953.
(d) November 1954.

11. When was Volodya asked to lead a laboratory in the development of the Soviet air defense system?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1964.

12. When did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) February 23, 1974.
(b) February 23, 1972.
(c) February 23, 1973.
(d) February 23, 1971.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose exit visa was approved in April 1979?

2. What prompted Volodya's firing from his job in September of 1971?

3. What was a result of Volodya's arrest and jail time?

4. How many others signed the letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?

5. Where was Volodya sent to for his exile?

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