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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of boat Volodya and Masha vacationed on?
(a) The Mermaid.
(b) The Lobster.
(c) The Dolphin.
(d) The Fish.

2. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?
(a) She didn't want to work with male doctors.
(b) She couldn't spare the time because of her child.
(c) She would have to join the Communist party.
(d) She couldn't work in a non-Jewish hospital.

3. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

4. What did Masha's mother claim to have lost on a train during the Civil War?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A bag.
(c) A son.
(d) A daughter.

5. What did Volodya learn Solomon knew and refused to talk about later on?
(a) That Volodya's name was on a deportation list.
(b) That his mother died in childbirth.
(c) That he wanted to remarry.
(d) That he was not Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What means of transportation did Potok and his wife take for the last leg of their trip to meet Volodya?

3. When did Solomon come to the United States?

4. How did the Russians view the Jews during much of the history of the country?

5. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?

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