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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?

2. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?

3. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

4. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

5. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was signed in August 1939?

2. When did the Slepak family receive an exit visa and where were they headed?

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

4. How did Russians view the Jews?

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

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

7. What did Volodya discover decades after they left Peking?

8. What does "The Gates of November" say who about two generations according to the Intro?

9. What happened to Jews in the Common Era?

10. What photographs does the author describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Solomon and Volodya and analyze Volodya's belief that his father never understood him.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the the theme of father and son conflict and generational gaps as discussed in "The Gates of November".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the Epilogue's discussion that even though things improved for the Jewish people, that based on history, it was not something they could trust.

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