3. What do the Red Army men want?
(a) They want the family's livestock.
(b) The want the family's treasures.
(c) They want Ryszard to join them.
(d) They want Ryszard's father.

4. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?
(a) He maintains that nomads are a detriment to society.
(b) He maintains that human civilization can't exist without the nomad.
(c) He maintains that nomads are the key to crime in society.
(d) He thinks nomads are the key to world education.

5. Where did Ryszard come across the Imperium the second time?
(a) The Asian Steppes
(b) In Hungary
(c) In Pinsk
(d) In Germany

6. What is deportation?
(a) Sending someone away from their native land
(b) Sending someone on vacation
(c) Moving someone to a different home in the same town
(d) Taking someone to a different shipping port

7. What was unique about the mosque in Uzbekistan?
(a) It was made of wood.
(b) It was filled with jewels.
(c) It was lined with gold.
(d) It was made of iron.

8. What do they find in Zabaykal-sk?
(a) Barbed wire, dangerous dogs, and sentries
(b) Welcoming crowds
(c) Protestors
(d) Nothing aside from an empty station

9. What type of protests did Ryszard observe in the Georgians?
(a) They had a very Eastern form of protest with sit-ins.
(b) They used starvation protests.
(c) They didn't believe in protests.
(d) They relied on violence

10. What was the food like in Ryszard's life?
(a) It was plentiful.
(b) It was scarce.
(c) It was fine if you like eating only potatoes.
(d) They had every choice of food imaginable.

11. What interrupted class time?
(a) Ryszard's fell over in his chair.
(b) The class pet escaping
(c) Air raids
(d) Gunfire

12. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?
(a) He found that the churches were obliterated.
(b) He found ancient Christian icons, frescoes, and whitewashed remains of churches.
(c) He found a prosperous community.
(d) He found people starving in the streets.

13. Who does Ryszard site with in Azerbaijan?
(a) He sits with a medical student.
(b) He sits with a baker.
(c) He sits with an artist.
(d) He sits with a priest.

14. What does Ryszard encounter in Matenadaran?
(a) He encounters a wealth of religious texts.
(b) He encounters a thriving publishing community.
(c) He encounters a community where all books were destroyed.
(d) He encounters ancient books.

15. How did the travelers view time on the trip?
(a) All sense of time was lost.
(b) The trip seemed endless.
(c) The trip was going quickly.
(d) Travelers could predict time to the minute with the numerous stations and stops.