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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. How many men did Solomon command against the Japanese?

2. How many of Potok's books did Masha read?

3. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?

4. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?

5. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was signed in August 1939?

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

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

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

7. What option was Solomon given at the age of 13?

8. How did Russians view the Jews?

9. Who did Slepak run into in 1920 according to Chapter 2?

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 basis of the Six Day War and how it influenced the Russian Jews.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the Bolsheviks and the KGB (Russia's secret police) and examine the similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the history of the Bolsheviks coming to power and the impact they had on Russia and the Jews.

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