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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) 15 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 8 years.

2. What prompted Volodya's firing from his job in September of 1971?
(a) A visit from the Party official.
(b) A visit from the KGB.
(c) A visit from a political officer.
(d) A visit from the NKVD.

3. What did the Six Days War convince the Slepaks of?
(a) Israel could maintain power over their enemies.
(b) Israel had a better army than the USSR.
(c) Israel needed radar technology.
(d) That the USSR was weak.

4. What job did Volodya take in the boiler room?
(a) Plan manager.
(b) Coal hauler.
(c) Stoker.
(d) Maintenance technician.

5. What were refuseniks in Soviet Russia?
(a) Dissidents whose visas were always refused.
(b) Dissidents who refused to join the army.
(c) People who refused to take their Communist party card.
(d) People who refused to accept the end of the USSR.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Volodya do when he arrived at his place of exile?

2. When did the Jews begin to be repressed again after Stalin's death?

3. Why did Masha leave the prison after being arrested in 1978?

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

5. Who refused to make a statement about Volodya's wish to leave the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened on February 23, 1971?

5. What happened to Masha in April 1951?

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

7. What did Masha decline in 1953?

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

9. What was happening in Siberia?

10. Why did Masha return to Moscow every 4 months?

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