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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?
(a) Rum.
(b) Water.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Gin.
2. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?
(a) How to conquer the world.
(b) How to improve economy.
(c) How to bolster their respective army.
(d) Howe to launch a man in space.
3. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?
(a) An exit visa.
(b) College.
(c) Military service.
(d) Kindergarten.
4. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Volvograd.
(d) Kiev.
5. Where did Solomon's family move from Dubrovno to when he was 3?
(a) Volvograd.
(b) Kopys.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.
6. When did Solomon leave Tass?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1938.
7. When did Solomon come to the United States?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1916.
8. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?
(a) Sakhalin Island.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Volvograd.
(d) Stalingrad.
9. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?
(a) Talk.
(b) Speak Hebrew.
(c) Give gifts.
(d) Laugh.
10. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1672.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1775.
11. 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.
12. Who established the Kindergarden Volodya attended in China?
(a) Taoist monks.
(b) Franciscan monks.
(c) The Chinese government.
(d) Russian Jews.
13. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(b) Before 1920.
(c) After 1964.
(d) After the end of WWII.
14. What job did Solomon accept in 1920?
(a) Writer for the Press Department in Moscow.
(b) Director of the Press Department in Moscow.
(c) Deputy Head of the Press Department in Moscow.
(d) Head of the Press Department in Moscow.
15. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That he brought money.
(b) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(c) That he would write a book about them.
(d) That their visitor was Potok.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Volodya's family use in place of wine for the celebration?
2. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
3. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
4. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
5. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?
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