The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 relationship did Solomon have with his son in the 1970s?

2. What did Volodya and Masha live on after her retirement?

3. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?

4. When did Khrushchev deliver his speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?

5. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who died on March 5, 1953 and why was this death significant?

2. When was Volodya's exile completed?

3. What did Masha and Volodya do in April 1987 and why?

4. What were Volodya and Masha both fighting for?

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

6. What happened to Volodya's mother-in-law?

7. What did Potok wonder when he visited Volodya in the Poconos in 1995 according to the Epilogue?

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

9. What did Masha need to remind herself of when they arrived in the village in September?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the Bolsheviks and the KGB (Russia's secret police) and examine the similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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