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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) Kindergarten.
(b) Military service.
(c) An exit visa.
(d) College.

2. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?
(a) The door.
(b) The TV.
(c) The clock.
(d) The window.

3. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
(a) The Manchourian Emperor.
(b) The Georgian King.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Scandinavian Russ.

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

5. 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 Orthodox Church of Moscow.
(c) The Greek Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(d) The Greek Catholic Church of Byzantium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?

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

3. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?

4. What did Volodya's family use in place of wine for the celebration?

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

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