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

2. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?
(a) Israel.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Armenia and Georgia.

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

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

5. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 8th century.
(b) 6th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 7th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many questions did Potok try to answer in his book about the Slepak family?

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

5. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?

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