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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
(a) New York.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Volvograd.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Stalingrad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

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

4. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?

5. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?

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