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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before the search did Volodya sign a letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 20 days.
(d) 5 days.

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

3. What did Leonid bring to his parents?
(a) Warm clothing, food, and medicine.
(b) Exit visas.
(c) News that he was getting married.
(d) News from thir friends in prison.

4. When did the weather begin to get colder in exile?
(a) Mid October.
(b) Early September.
(c) Middle of September.
(d) End of September.

5. Who went with Volodya on his exile?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother in law.
(c) His sons.
(d) Masha.

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

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

8. What was Noya Drapkin husband's name?
(a) Igor.
(b) Vika.
(c) Mika.
(d) Joseph.

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

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

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

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

13. Why was Leonid hiding from Soviet authorities?
(a) He refused to go to school.
(b) He refused to convert.
(c) He refused to carry his Communist party card.
(d) He refused to be drafted.

14. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) New York.
(d) Moscow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Yiddish books start appearing on the Russian market?

2. What did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?

3. What did Solomon offer Sanya when he visited him before leaving USSR?

4. What did Volodya do when he arrived at his place of exile?

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

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