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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?
(a) Gin.
(b) Rum.
(c) Water.
(d) Vodka.

2. How long did Rosa have marks on her head?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

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

5. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?
(a) Second century before the Common Era.
(b) Third century before the Common Era.
(c) First century before the Common Era.
(d) Fourth century before the Common Era.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?

4. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?

5. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?

(see the answer key)

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