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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. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

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

3. Who established the Kindergarden Volodya attended in China?
(a) Russian Jews.
(b) Franciscan monks.
(c) The Chinese government.
(d) Taoist monks.

4. What did Volodya's family use in place of wine for the celebration?
(a) Rhum.
(b) Gin.
(c) Water.
(d) Vodka.

5. When did Solomon leave Tass?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?

2. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?

3. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?

4. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?

5. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was signed in August 1939?

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

3. What did Slepak ask of his visitors when they got to the apartment?

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

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

6. What did Volodya discover decades after they left Peking?

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

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

9. When was Solomon Slepak born according to Chapter 1 and what happened during his youth?

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

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