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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 was the main focus of the first conference of World Jewry?

2. When did Solomon die?

3. What was the first job Volodya found at the village?

4. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?

5. What was Masha's sentence after being arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Volodya's mother-in-law?

2. What did Volodya and others request at the start of Chapter 7?

3. What did Potok wonder when he visited Volodya in the Poconos in 1995 according to the Epilogue?

4. Who visited in Masha and Volodya in February and why?

5. What increased for Jews?

6. Why were Masha and Volodya moved into an apartment?

7. How did Masha and Volodya survive after Masha retired in 1971?

8. What did Masha and Volodya do in April 1987 and why?

9. What did Masha need to remind herself of when they arrived in the village in September?

10. What was different about Masha and Volodya's life on vacation according to Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

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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