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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Solomon's wife's name?
(a) Irena.
(b) Masha.
(c) Fanya.
(d) Yollanda.
2. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?
(a) USA.
(b) England.
(c) Israel.
(d) Japan.
3. When did Volodya became ill, forcing his family to go back to Moscow?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1934.
4. When was Volodya born?
(a) October 12, 1927.
(b) October 29, 1927.
(c) September 29, 1927.
(d) October 29, 1928.
5. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
(a) Yom Kippur.
(b) Passover.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) A Bar Mitzvah.
6. How old was Solomon when he headed for Vladivostok?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 32.
7. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?
(a) Become a soldier.
(b) Become a rabbi.
(c) Become a physician.
(d) Become a dentist.
8. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?
(a) Sakhalin Island.
(b) Volvograd.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Stalingrad.
9. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?
(a) It closed synagogues.
(b) They forbade Bar Mitzvahs.
(c) They prevented them from owning property.
(d) They forbade them from speaking Hebrew.
10. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Volvograd.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Stalingrad.
11. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1921.
12. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 6th century.
(d) 7th century.
13. How many of Potok's books did Masha read?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.
14. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) The Afganistan war.
(b) Their respective family history.
(c) America.
(d) Israel.
15. Why was Solomon's education request rejected?
(a) Because of the tuition cost.
(b) Because the school was too far.
(c) Because his grades were too low.
(d) Because of the quota system.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?
2. Where did Solomon's family move from Dubrovno to when he was 3?
3. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
4. Why did Solomon return to Russia?
5. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
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