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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why did Masha leave the prison after being arrested in 1978?
(a) She needed to resume work.
(b) She was released on bail.
(c) She had to go to the hospital for an ulcer.
(d) She was acqquited.
2. What did Leonid bring to his parents?
(a) Exit visas.
(b) News from thir friends in prison.
(c) Warm clothing, food, and medicine.
(d) News that he was getting married.
3. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?
(a) Volodya's father.
(b) Volodya's security status.
(c) His religion.
(d) Masha's mother.
4. When did Masha and Volodya obtain their exit visa?
(a) October 13, 1990.
(b) October 13, 1988.
(c) October 13, 1989.
(d) October 13, 1987.
5. When was Sanya Slepak offered an exit visa?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1978.
6. How did Masha's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Executed.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Shot.
7. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) New York.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Moscow.
8. When did Masha and Volodya marry?
(a) June 9, 1951.
(b) May 7, 1951.
(c) June 7, 1952.
(d) June 7, 1951.
9. What were refuseniks in Soviet Russia?
(a) People who refused to take their Communist party card.
(b) Dissidents who refused to join the army.
(c) People who refused to accept the end of the USSR.
(d) Dissidents whose visas were always refused.
10. Where did Noya Drapkin want to emigrate to?
(a) South Africa.
(b) USA.
(c) Israel.
(d) Canada.
11. How long did Volodya wait before reapplying for a visa?
(a) He continually applied.
(b) 5 years.
(c) He never reapplied.
(d) 2 years.
12. How did Volodya return to his exile with his wife in September 1978?
(a) By train.
(b) By boat.
(c) By plane and bus.
(d) By car.
13. When did Stalin die?
(a) March 5, 1953.
(b) March 5, 1952.
(c) March 5, 1951.
(d) April 5, 1953.
14. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?
(a) Her being locked in her apartment by the KGB.
(b) Not having her visa yet.
(c) Not having enough food.
(d) Not being able to call Israel.
15. What did Volodya learn Solomon knew and refused to talk about later on?
(a) That he was not Jewish.
(b) That Volodya's name was on a deportation list.
(c) That he wanted to remarry.
(d) That his mother died in childbirth.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who refused to make a statement about Volodya's wish to leave the Soviet Union?
2. Where did Potok meet Volodya and Masha in 1995?
3. How long was Volodya's exile sentence?
4. What did Volodya and Masha live on after her retirement?
5. When did the Jews begin to be repressed again after Stalin's death?
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