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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 job did Volodya find after being fired in September 1971?
(a) Radio technician.
(b) Delivering mail.
(c) Change toilet paper.
(d) Sharpening pencils for a workshop.

2. What was Masha's sentence after being arrested?
(a) It was suspended.
(b) She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
(c) She was found not guilty.
(d) 5 years exile.

3. What did Leonid bring to his parents?
(a) Exit visas.
(b) News from thir friends in prison.
(c) Warm clothing, food, and medicine.
(d) News that he was getting married.

4. When was Volodya's apartment searched according to Chapter 7?
(a) June 1971.
(b) June 1970.
(c) June 1973.
(d) June 1972.

5. How did Masha's father die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Executed.
(d) Shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Masha arrested in 1951?

3. How long before the search did Volodya sign a letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?

4. What nickname did Masha's mother give her?

5. What was Volodya's shift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Masha and Volodya divorce?

3. How did Volodya earn the respect of others in prison?

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

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

6. What did Volodya and others request at the start of Chapter 7?

7. What did Masha decline in 1953?

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

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

10. When was Volodya's exile completed?

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