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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) After 1964.
(b) Before 1920.
(c) After the end of WWII.
(d) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.

2. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?
(a) Gin.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Water.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

3. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

4. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?

5. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

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