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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What means of transportation did Potok and his wife take for the last leg of their trip to meet Volodya?
(a) A plane.
(b) A car.
(c) A train.
(d) A boat.

2. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?
(a) It was easier to write in Japanese.
(b) He wife did not want to marry a Jew.
(c) He wanted a fresh start.
(d) So it didn't sound Jewish.

3. When did Khrushchev deliver his speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1956.

4. What did the Six Days War convince the Slepaks of?
(a) Israel could maintain power over their enemies.
(b) Israel had a better army than the USSR.
(c) Israel needed radar technology.
(d) That the USSR was weak.

5. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) Before 1920.
(b) After the end of WWII.
(c) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(d) After 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?

2. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?

3. Who saved Volodya when he almost fell down the stairs?

4. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?

5. Why was Masha arrested in 1951?

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