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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?
(a) She couldn't spare the time because of her child.
(b) She couldn't work in a non-Jewish hospital.
(c) She would have to join the Communist party.
(d) She didn't want to work with male doctors.

2. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?
(a) November 1952.
(b) November 1953.
(c) November 1951.
(d) November 1954.

3. When did Voitinsky go to China?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1921.

4. What was safer than having a large group of friends?
(a) Having no friends.
(b) Having a small group of friends.
(c) Keeping it in the family.
(d) Only having Communist friends.

5. How many of Potok's books did Masha read?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?

2. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

3. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?

4. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?

5. What did Volodya tell his father that greatly upset Solomon?

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