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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 long was Volodya's exile sentence?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 15 years.

2. What job did Masha have in the early 1960s?
(a) Radiologist.
(b) Lab technician.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Family doctor.

3. Who went with Volodya on his exile?
(a) His sons.
(b) His father.
(c) Masha.
(d) His mother in law.

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

5. What overrode the fear of the Jewish scientists meeting in secret?
(a) Their desire to emigrate.
(b) Their friendship.
(c) Their desire to undermine the USSR.
(d) Their quest for knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the weather begin to get colder in exile?

2. What was Volodya's shift?

3. When did the government start attacking the refuseniks?

4. How long was Volodya's jail sentence?

5. Where did Sanya first emigrate to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Masha realize at the start of Chapter 5?

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

3. What was Volodya rejected for at the start of Chapter 4?

4. Who was Masha?

5. What did Masha and Volodya do in April 1987 and why?

6. What job opportunity did Volodya have in 1962?

7. Why did Leonid request an extension after receiving a visa?

8. What happened when Volodya worked at an international telephone station?

9. What did Solomon do in his old age?

10. What happened to Masha in April 1951?

(see the answer keys)

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