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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. When did Voitinsky go to China?

3. How did the Russians view the Jews during much of the history of the country?

4. Why did Solomon return to Russia?

5. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

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

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

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

5. When did the Slepak family receive an exit visa and where were they headed?

6. What was Solomon invited to do?

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

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

9. Why would someone who joined the Army not be allowed to leave the country?

10. What was signed in August 1939?

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

Analyze the role of the press in Russia and examine how it both helped and hindered the Slepak's request for exit visas.

Essay Topic 3

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

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