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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who established the Kindergarden Volodya attended in China?

2. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?

3. Why did Solomon return to Russia?

4. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?

5. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did Russia have on the author's own life?

2. How many Jews lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

3. How did Russians view the Jews?

4. What did Stalin decide after Germany surrendered to Russia in 1945?

5. What happened with Slepak and Fanya's children?

6. What was Solomon invited to do?

7. When does the Prologue open and where was the author and his wife?

8. Who was Owen Laster and what did he ask?

9. When did Solomon immigrate to America and what happened when he arrived?

10. What did Solomon Slepak's father want for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the KGB or Russia's secret police in Volodya and Masha's life and the life of other refuseniks.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the Epilogue's discussion that even though things improved for the Jewish people, that based on history, it was not something they could trust.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the experience of Chaim Potok's family with that of the Slepak family.

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