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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intro and Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?
(a) An exit visa.
(b) Military service.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) College.

2. When did the Slepak family finally get their visa out of Russia?
(a) October 1987.
(b) October 1986.
(c) October 1988.
(d) October 1985.

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

4. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?
(a) The Greek Catholic Church of Byzantium.
(b) The French Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(c) The Greek Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(d) The Greek Orthodox Church of Moscow.

5. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?

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

4. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?

5. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?

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