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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 the first job Volodya found at the village?
(a) At the granary.
(b) At the post office.
(c) In a farm.
(d) At the telegraph company.

2. How long did Volodya wait before reapplying for a visa?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) He never reapplied.
(d) He continually applied.

3. When did Volodya's mother in law receive her visa?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1971.

4. Who visited Solomon in the 1970s?
(a) His grandsons.
(b) His daughters.
(c) His wife's family.
(d) His friends.

5. What did Sanya learn on the radio in 1978?
(a) That the USSR fell.
(b) That his parents had been arrested.
(c) That his parents fled the country.
(d) That his grandfather was dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Volodya's mother-in-law live after leaving the USSR?

2. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?

3. Why was the letter sent from pretend relatives in Israel not used?

4. What was Solomon surrounded by during his retirement?

5. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Volodya describe his time in prison in Chapter 8?

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

5. Why did Masha and Volodya divorce?

6. Why were Masha and Volodya moved into an apartment?

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

8. What did Masha request?

9. Who visited Volodya at work in September 1971?

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

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