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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What Jewish holiday coincided with Stalin's death?
(a) Shabbat.
(b) Purim.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) Pesach.

5. Why was Masha arrested in 1951?
(a) Under the charge that she didn't have a Communist party card.
(b) Under the charge that she was a spy.
(c) Under the charge that she was using drugs.
(d) Under the charge that she possessed a concealed weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?

2. What did Solomon say of the mistakes made by Stalin?

3. What job did Masha have in the early 1960s?

4. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?

5. When did Solomon leave Tass?

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