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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 was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That he would write a book about them.
(b) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(c) That he brought money.
(d) That their visitor was Potok.

2. What was Volodya's family concerned with?
(a) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.
(b) That Potok was a KGB agent.
(c) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.
(d) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.

3. Who saved Volodya when he almost fell down the stairs?
(a) His mother.
(b) His nanny.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His father.

4. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 0.9 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 3 million.

5. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

2. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?

3. Why was Solomon's education request rejected?

4. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

5. Where did Solomon's family move from Dubrovno to when he was 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Solomon invited to do?

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

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

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

5. What was signed in August 1939?

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

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

8. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

9. Who was Owen Laster and what did he ask?

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

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