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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Volodya and Masha live on after her retirement?
(a) Money from their savings.
(b) Her pension and money from those who supported refuseniks.
(c) Money from the United States.
(d) Money from relatives.

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

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

6. Where did Volodya and the others stage their protest?
(a) The US Embassy.
(b) The presidium.
(c) The Kremelin.
(d) The UN building.

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

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

9. Where did Volodya's mother-in-law live after leaving the USSR?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) New York.
(d) Johannesburg.

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

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

12. How long did Volodya wait before reapplying for a visa?
(a) 5 years.
(b) He continually applied.
(c) 2 years.
(d) He never reapplied.

13. What was Volodya allowed to do following his father's death?
(a) Send a letter.
(b) Go to the Synagogue.
(c) Come back for the funeral.
(d) Call his wife.

14. How long was Volodya's jail sentence?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 35 days.
(d) 15 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Noya Drapkin want to emigrate to?

2. When did Volodya and a group of others protest against their treatment by the Soviet Union?

3. When was Volodya's apartment searched according to Chapter 7?

4. When did Volodya arrive in Moscow from exile?

5. When did the government start attacking the refuseniks?

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