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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1919.

2. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) Israel.
(b) Their respective family history.
(c) The Afganistan war.
(d) America.

3. What did Volodya learn Solomon knew and refused to talk about later on?
(a) That Volodya's name was on a deportation list.
(b) That his mother died in childbirth.
(c) That he wanted to remarry.
(d) That he was not Jewish.

4. What did Masha's mother claim to have lost on a train during the Civil War?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A son.
(d) A bag.

5. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?
(a) Italy.
(b) Israel.
(c) Russia.
(d) Armenia and Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

4. Why did Volodya leave his job after he decided to emigrate?

5. How long did Rosa have marks on her head?

(see the answer key)

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