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

2. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Their son.
(c) Their mother in law.
(d) Their aunt.

3. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?
(a) His sons.
(b) His wife alone.
(c) His wife, brother, sister in law and nephew.
(d) KGB agents.

4. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
(a) A Bar Mitzvah.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Passover.
(d) Yom Kippur.

5. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That he brought money.
(b) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(c) That he would write a book about them.
(d) That their visitor was Potok.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?

4. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

5. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

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