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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 tell his father that greatly upset Solomon?

2. When did Masha retire?

3. What was taken out of textbooks according to Masha?

4. Why did Volodya and his wife ask for a new place to stay?

5. When did Masha return to medical school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Volodya describe his time in prison in Chapter 8?

2. How much time had passed since Volodya and Masha first applied for a visa by the end of 1970's?

3. What happened on February 23, 1971?

4. What was different about Masha and Volodya's life on vacation according to Chapter 6?

5. What did Masha decline in 1953?

6. What long story did Masha make up?

7. When was Volodya's exile completed?

8. What happened to Masha after a few days of imprisonment?

9. Why were Masha and Volodya moved into an apartment?

10. What was happening in Siberia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the basis of the Six Day War and how it influenced the Russian Jews.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how one might try to reconcile the identity of being both a Russian and a Jew.

Essay Topic 3

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

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