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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?
(a) The French Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(b) The Greek Orthodox Church of Moscow.
(c) The Greek Orthodox Church of Byzantium.
(d) The Greek Catholic Church of Byzantium.

4. Why did people in Russia drive with runner lights instead of real headlights according to Volodya?
(a) Street lights were abundant.
(b) Bulbs were in short supply.
(c) For security reasons.
(d) To save the battery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

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

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

4. Who did Volodya and his wife call every other week?

5. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

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