View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Noya Drapkin want to emigrate to?
(a) Canada.
(b) Israel.
(c) USA.
(d) South Africa.

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

3. When did Masha retire?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1974.

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

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

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

7. What did Volodya and his wife decide to do to try to get a visa?
(a) Obtain a divorce.
(b) Try to flee to the US consulate.
(c) Try to hijack a plane.
(d) Try to cross the border illegally.

8. What was Masha's sentence after being arrested?
(a) It was suspended.
(b) She was found not guilty.
(c) 5 years exile.
(d) She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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

10. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?
(a) Not having enough food.
(b) Not being able to call Israel.
(c) Not having her visa yet.
(d) Her being locked in her apartment by the KGB.

11. When did the Jews begin to be repressed again after Stalin's death?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

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

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

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

15. Who went to Leonid's school to try to put pressure on Volodya and his wife?
(a) The local police.
(b) The military police.
(c) The KGB.
(d) The NKVD.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Volodya's mother-in-law die?

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

3. Where was Volodya working in September 1971?

4. Why did Volodya and his wife ask for a new place to stay?

5. What was Noya Drapkin husband's name?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 433 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample