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

2. When did Solomon leave Tass?

3. Why did Lenin see an opportunity for Bolshevik expansion after WWI?

4. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?

5. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Slepak ask of his visitors when they got to the apartment?

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

4. What photographs does the author describe?

5. Why were the Russians excited after giving a housewarming gift?

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

7. What was Solomon invited to do?

8. What does "The Gates of November" say who about two generations according to the Intro?

9. When celebrating an impromptu Shabbat, what did the family substitute?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Volodya's request for a visa and the reason given for their denial.

Essay Topic 3

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

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