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

2. When was Volodya born?
(a) October 29, 1928.
(b) October 29, 1927.
(c) September 29, 1927.
(d) October 12, 1927.

3. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The Georgian King.
(c) The Scandinavian Russ.
(d) The Manchourian Emperor.

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

5. Who did Solomon make contact with in China?
(a) Yang Ze Min.
(b) Gublican.
(c) Polpot.
(d) Sun Yat-sen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Volodya became ill, forcing his family to go back to Moscow?

2. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?

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

4. What was Solomon's wife's name?

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

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