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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Russians view the Jews during much of the history of the country?
(a) As heretics.
(b) As demons.
(c) As bad merchants.
(d) As angels.

2. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?
(a) Kievan Russia.
(b) The Christian Russian Empire.
(c) The Russian kingdom.
(d) U.S.S.R.

3. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 0.9 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 5 million.

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

5. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?
(a) Igor Stenko.
(b) Owen Laster.
(c) Mark Standal.
(d) Joseph Marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?

2. How many of Potok's books did Masha read?

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

4. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?

5. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?

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