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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. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?

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

3. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

4. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

5. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Solomon invited to do?

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

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

6. What photographs does the author describe?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the the theme of father and son conflict and generational gaps as discussed in "The Gates of November".

Essay Topic 3

Compare the relationship between Leonid and Volodya with Volodya and Solomon.

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