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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 did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?
(a) The arrest of hundreds of innocent peoples.
(b) Him being jailed.
(c) Stalin staying in power.
(d) Killing innocent people.

2. What did Masha apply for and was granted after Solomon's death?
(a) The right to accompany Volodya in exile.
(b) A raise of her pension.
(c) Her retirement.
(d) An exit visa.

3. What did Solomon stay dedicated to?
(a) The Communist party.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) His family.

4. How did the Communist authorities prevent Russians from listening to news from the West?
(a) They scrambled frequencies used by the West.
(b) They didn't allow personal radios.
(c) The radios were limited to Russians frequencies.
(d) They prevented large emissions tower from being put next to their borders.

5. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?
(a) Jewish holidays.
(b) Jews leaving the country.
(c) Jewish uprising.
(d) Jewish deportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Volodya sent to for his exile?

2. Where did Potok meet Volodya and Masha in 1995?

3. What did Leonid bring to his parents?

4. What was Solomon's health problem?

5. What was the main focus of the first conference of World Jewry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job opportunity did Volodya have in 1962?

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

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

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

5. What was happening in Siberia?

6. How did Volodya describe Moscow when they returned on December 4, 1982?

7. Who was Masha?

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

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

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

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