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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 family concerned with?
(a) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.
(b) That Potok was a KGB agent.
(c) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.
(d) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.

2. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?
(a) The Greek Catholic Church of Byzantium.
(b) The Greek Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(c) The French Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(d) The Greek Orthodox Church of Moscow.

3. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?
(a) The Middle Ages.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Inquisition.

4. What did Volodya's family use in place of wine for the celebration?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Gin.
(c) Rhum.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?

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

4. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?

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

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