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

2. What did Solomon Slepak's father hope for his son to do?
(a) Become a physician.
(b) Become a dentist.
(c) Become a rabbi.
(d) Become a soldier.

3. What did Volodya's family and the Potoks celebrate?
(a) Passover.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) A Bar Mitzvah.

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

5. What did the Russian government do to force Jews' assimilation into Russian society?
(a) It closed synagogues.
(b) They forbade them from speaking Hebrew.
(c) They prevented them from owning property.
(d) They forbade Bar Mitzvahs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What alternative did Solomon's mother give him when he was 13?

4. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

5. How were Solomon's children delivered in Japan?

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