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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?
(a) Italy.
(b) Israel.
(c) Armenia and Georgia.
(d) Russia.

2. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 6th century.
(d) 7th century.

3. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
(a) The Manchourian Emperor.
(b) The Scandinavian Russ.
(c) The Georgian King.
(d) The Pope.

4. When did Solomon come to the United States?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1925.

5. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
(a) Passover.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) A Bar Mitzvah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?

2. Who did Solomon run into at the 1920 Comintern?

3. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?

4. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?

5. What alternative did Solomon's mother give him when he was 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Solomon Slepak's father want for him?

2. What did Stalin decide after Germany surrendered to Russia in 1945?

3. Why were the Russians excited after giving a housewarming gift?

4. What does "The Gates of November" say who about two generations according to the Intro?

5. Why would someone who joined the Army not be allowed to leave the country?

6. What effect did Russia have on the author's own life?

7. How did Russians view the Jews?

8. What option was Solomon given at the age of 13?

9. How many Jews lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

10. When did the Slepak family receive an exit visa and where were they headed?

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