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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?
(a) English.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Hebrew.

2. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

3. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) Russian prosecution.
(c) The Armenian genocide.
(d) The creation of the Jewish state.

4. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?
(a) Bulbs were in short supply.
(b) To save the battery.
(c) Street lights were abundant.
(d) For security reasons.

5. What was Volodya's family concerned with?
(a) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.
(b) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.
(c) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.
(d) That Potok was a KGB agent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?

3. When was Volodya born?

4. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?

5. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?

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