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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?
(a) To save the battery.
(b) For security reasons.
(c) Bulbs were in short supply.
(d) Street lights were abundant.

2. When did the Slepak family finally get their visa out of Russia?
(a) October 1988.
(b) October 1986.
(c) October 1987.
(d) October 1985.

3. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?
(a) Their mother in law.
(b) Their son.
(c) Their daughter.
(d) Their aunt.

4. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?
(a) 325.
(b) 253.
(c) 1256.
(d) 217.

5. How were Solomon's children delivered in Japan?
(a) By forceps.
(b) Water birth.
(c) Naturally.
(d) By C-section.

6. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?
(a) Armenia and Georgia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

7. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1950s.

8. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?
(a) Yang Ze Min.
(b) Polpot.
(c) Sun Yat-sen.
(d) Gublican.

9. What was Solomon's wife's name?
(a) Irena.
(b) Fanya.
(c) Yollanda.
(d) Masha.

10. Why was Solomon's education request rejected?
(a) Because his grades were too low.
(b) Because of the quota system.
(c) Because of the tuition cost.
(d) Because the school was too far.

11. Why did Lenin see an opportunity for Bolshevik expansion after WWI?
(a) Literacy was at its highest.
(b) The world's governments were weakened.
(c) The transportation system was in place for agents to move freely.
(d) The world's armies were depleted.

12. How many of Potok's books did Masha read?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

13. Who did Solomon return to Russia with?
(a) Gregory Zarkhin.
(b) Igor Stravinsky.
(c) Markus Trenko.
(d) Gregory Alexeyev.

14. How many countries were represented in the second Congress of the Comintern?
(a) 25.
(b) 36.
(c) 53.
(d) 5.

15. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?
(a) Russian prosecution.
(b) The Armenian genocide.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The creation of the Jewish state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

3. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

4. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?

5. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?

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