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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 did Volodya learn Solomon knew and refused to talk about later on?
2. What was Volodya's shift?
3. When did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
4. When was Sanya Slepak offered an exit visa?
5. When did Volodya's mother in law receive her visa?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to Masha in April 1951?
2. What was different about Masha and Volodya's life on vacation according to Chapter 6?
3. How did Volodya describe his time in prison in Chapter 8?
4. Why did Masha and Volodya divorce?
5. What happened to Volodya's mother-in-law?
6. What did Potok wonder when he visited Volodya in the Poconos in 1995 according to the Epilogue?
7. What did Volodya and others request at the start of Chapter 7?
8. How did Volodya earn the respect of others in prison?
9. What long story did Masha make up?
10. What does Masha realize at the start of Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how one might try to reconcile the identity of being both a Russian and a Jew.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the spread of Communism and how it affected Jews before and after World War II.
Essay Topic 3
Compare the Bolsheviks and the KGB (Russia's secret police) and examine the similarities and differences.
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