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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Masha spend in Moscow during the first year of exile?
(a) 3 and a half months.
(b) 4 and a half months.
(c) 2 and a half months.
(d) 1 and a half months.

2. When did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) February 23, 1971.
(b) February 23, 1974.
(c) February 23, 1972.
(d) February 23, 1973.

3. When did Masha retire?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

4. When did Masha and Volodya obtain their exit visa?
(a) October 13, 1990.
(b) October 13, 1987.
(c) October 13, 1989.
(d) October 13, 1988.

5. What was taken out of textbooks according to Masha?
(a) Pictures of Stalin.
(b) Jewish names.
(c) Foreign sounding names.
(d) American names.

6. When was Volodya's apartment searched according to Chapter 7?
(a) June 1971.
(b) June 1972.
(c) June 1970.
(d) June 1973.

7. Who refused to make a statement about Volodya's wish to leave the Soviet Union?
(a) Solomon.
(b) His employer.
(c) His friends.
(d) His mother.

8. Whose exit visa was approved in April 1979?
(a) Masha's.
(b) Volodya's.
(c) Leonid's.
(d) Solomon's.

9. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?
(a) Not having enough food.
(b) Not being able to call Israel.
(c) Not having her visa yet.
(d) Her being locked in her apartment by the KGB.

10. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?
(a) Volodya's security status.
(b) Masha's mother.
(c) Volodya's father.
(d) His religion.

11. When did Yiddish books start appearing on the Russian market?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

12. What was Volodya's shift?
(a) 24 hours work then 48 hours rest.
(b) 12 hours work then 36 hours rest.
(c) 8 hours work then 16 hours rest.
(d) 18 hours work then 74 hours rest.

13. When did Volodya's mother in law receive her visa?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1973.

14. Where did Sanya first emigrate to?
(a) U.S.A.
(b) France.
(c) Israel.
(d) England.

15. How long was Khrushchev's speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 3,000 words.
(b) 20,000 words.
(c) 90,000 words.
(d) 10,000 words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?

2. Why was Masha arrested in 1951?

3. What was the name of boat Volodya and Masha vacationed on?

4. When did Masha decide that she had had enough of the USSR?

5. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?

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