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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. When did Masha return to medical school?
(a) After her 30th birthday.
(b) After Volodya got a well paying job.
(c) After the birth of Sanya.
(d) After her mother passed away.

2. What nickname did Masha's mother give her?
(a) My precious.
(b) My love.
(c) Ibisa.
(d) My amulet.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Volodya arrive in Moscow from exile?

2. When was Masha warned the second time about actions to be taken against the Russian Jews?

3. Where did Sanya first emigrate to?

4. What was the first job Volodya found at the village?

5. When did Masha decide that she had had enough of the USSR?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Potok wonder when he visited Volodya in the Poconos in 1995 according to the Epilogue?

2. What happened to Masha after a few days of imprisonment?

3. What was different about Masha and Volodya's life on vacation according to Chapter 6?

4. What reason was Volodya given for denial of his visa application?

5. Who died on March 5, 1953 and why was this death significant?

6. When was Volodya's exile completed?

7. What were Volodya and Masha both fighting for?

8. Who visited in Masha and Volodya in February and why?

9. How much time had passed since Volodya and Masha first applied for a visa by the end of 1970's?

10. What did Masha request?

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