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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 language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Russian.

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

3. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?
(a) Owen Laster.
(b) Joseph Marks.
(c) Mark Standal.
(d) Igor Stenko.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

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

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

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

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

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