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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. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?
(a) Give gifts.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Speak Hebrew.
(d) Talk.

2. How long did Rosa have marks on her head?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

4. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?
(a) Sakhalin Island.
(b) Volvograd.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Stalingrad.

5. What means of transportation did Potok and his wife take for the last leg of their trip to meet Volodya?
(a) A car.
(b) A train.
(c) A plane.
(d) A boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?

2. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?

3. How were Solomon's children delivered in Japan?

4. How many men did Solomon command against the Japanese?

5. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Solomon immigrate to America and what happened when he arrived?

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

3. What photographs does the author describe?

4. What happened with Slepak and Fanya's children?

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

6. When does the Prologue open and where was the author and his wife?

7. When celebrating an impromptu Shabbat, what did the family substitute?

8. Who did Slepak run into in 1920 according to Chapter 2?

9. How did Russians view the Jews?

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

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