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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 did Solomon make contact with in China?

2. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?

3. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

4. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What photographs does the author describe?

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

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

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

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

6. What was signed in August 1939?

7. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

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

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

10. What did Volodya discover decades after they left Peking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the spread of Communism and how it affected Jews before and after World War II.

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

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

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