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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why was Masha arrested in 1951?
(a) Under the charge that she was using drugs.
(b) Under the charge that she didn't have a Communist party card.
(c) Under the charge that she possessed a concealed weapon.
(d) Under the charge that she was a spy.
2. Why was Leonid hiding from Soviet authorities?
(a) He refused to be drafted.
(b) He refused to carry his Communist party card.
(c) He refused to go to school.
(d) He refused to convert.
3. Who visited Solomon in the 1970s?
(a) His grandsons.
(b) His wife's family.
(c) His friends.
(d) His daughters.
4. When did Leonid chance a trip to visit his parents?
(a) February 1978.
(b) February 1980.
(c) February 1981.
(d) February 1979.
5. When did Masha retire?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.
6. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?
(a) Jewish deportation.
(b) Jewish holidays.
(c) Jewish uprising.
(d) Jews leaving the country.
7. How long before the search did Volodya sign a letter to the UN asking for the right to emigrate to Israel?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 20 days.
8. When did the weather begin to get colder in exile?
(a) Middle of September.
(b) Mid October.
(c) Early September.
(d) End of September.
9. How long was Volodya's exile sentence?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.
10. What did Solomon say was preferable to have one spy go free?
(a) Killing innocent people.
(b) Him being jailed.
(c) The arrest of hundreds of innocent peoples.
(d) Stalin staying in power.
11. How did Volodya earn the respect of his fellow prisoners?
(a) He shared his food.
(b) Because of his crimes and his chess playing.
(c) He was rich.
(d) He worked hard.
12. Why was Volodya rejected from numerous institutions and factories according to Chapter 4?
(a) He had a poor school record.
(b) He was a Jew.
(c) He was not a Communist party member.
(d) He failed to get his diploma.
13. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) Brussels.
(b) New York.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Moscow.
14. Where did Volodya's mother-in-law die?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Beersheba.
(c) Netanya.
(d) Haifa.
15. Why did Volodya leave his job after he decided to emigrate?
(a) He needed a recommandation from his employer.
(b) He was fired.
(c) He needed to leave the country.
(d) He wanted to focus on his application.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the government start attacking the refuseniks?
2. What was safer than having a large group of friends?
3. How low did the temperature drop during Volodya's exile?
4. What did Solomon stay dedicated to?
5. How long did Masha spend in Moscow during the first year of exile?
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