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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intro and Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Volodya's family concerned with?
(a) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.
(b) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.
(c) That Potok was a KGB agent.
(d) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.

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

4. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?
(a) That he had a way for them to leave Russia.
(b) That he brought money.
(c) That he would write a book about them.
(d) That their visitor was Potok.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

2. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

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

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

5. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?

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