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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?
(a) So it didn't sound Jewish.
(b) He wanted a fresh start.
(c) He wife did not want to marry a Jew.
(d) It was easier to write in Japanese.

2. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1921.

3. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 6th century.
(b) 10th century.
(c) 8th century.
(d) 7th century.

4. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?
(a) Lenin's death.
(b) Stalin's rise to power.
(c) The final defeat of the "White" army.
(d) The persecution of Jews by the Government.

5. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) After 1964.
(b) After the end of WWII.
(c) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(d) Before 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?

2. Why was Solomon's education request rejected?

3. What was the name of the Russian Telegraphic Agency?

4. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

5. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Slepak run into in 1920 according to Chapter 2?

2. How did Russians view the Jews?

3. What happened with Slepak and Fanya's children?

4. When does the Prologue open and where was the author and his wife?

5. When did Volodya realize he was a Jew according to Chapter 3?

6. What option was Solomon given at the age of 13?

7. Why would someone who joined the Army not be allowed to leave the country?

8. How many Jews lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

9. What did Stalin decide after Germany surrendered to Russia in 1945?

10. What did Slepak ask of his visitors when they got to the apartment?

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