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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 0.9 million.
(d) 2 million.

2. Who saved Volodya when he almost fell down the stairs?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His nanny.
(d) His older brother.

3. How old was Volodya when he first saw a picture of Stalin?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

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

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

6. When did Voitinsky go to China?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1921.

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

8. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Volvograd.

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

10. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) The Afganistan war.
(b) America.
(c) Their respective family history.
(d) Israel.

11. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?
(a) Spanish tribes.
(b) Asian tribes.
(c) European tribes.
(d) Finnish and Slavic tribes.

12. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
(a) New York.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

14. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?
(a) Their aunt.
(b) Their daughter.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their mother in law.

15. When did Solomon and the other prisoner rise up against the guards?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?

2. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?

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

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

5. Where were Volodya's sons living at the time of Potok's visit in Russia?

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