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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. How did Volodya earn the respect of his fellow prisoners?

4. What was Solomon surrounded by during his retirement?

5. What was Masha's sentence after being arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on February 23, 1971?

2. How did Volodya earn the respect of others in prison?

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

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

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

6. What did Solomon do in his old age?

7. What news did Masha received on October 13, 1987?

8. What job opportunity did Volodya have in 1962?

9. What long story did Masha make up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the KGB or Russia's secret police in Volodya and Masha's life and the life of other refuseniks.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the causes and history of anti-Semitism and discuss how governments have supported prejudice.

Essay Topic 3

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

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