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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Volodya became ill, forcing his family to go back to Moscow?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1934.

2. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?
(a) For security reasons.
(b) To save the battery.
(c) Street lights were abundant.
(d) Bulbs were in short supply.

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

4. What did Solomon witness before being reassigned to China?
(a) The persecution of Jews by the Government.
(b) Lenin's death.
(c) The final defeat of the "White" army.
(d) Stalin's rise to power.

5. What alternative did Solomon's mother give him when he was 13?
(a) Become a soldier or leave the house.
(b) Become a rabbi or leave the house.
(c) Become a dentist or leave the house.
(d) Become a train driver or leave the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?

3. What did Volodya's family keep looking at after dinner?

4. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?

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

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