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

3. Why were people sent to Siberia?
(a) It was filled with cultural wonders.
(b) It was a great vacation escape.
(c) It was a land of great job opportunity.
(d) They were being punished.

4. What are the main religions of Azerbaijan?
(a) Buddhism and Christianity
(b) Islam and Buddhism
(c) Zoroastrianism and Islam
(d) Zoroastrianism and Christianity

5. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?
(a) He was on a cruise on the Sea of Okhotsk
(b) He was heading from Moscow back to Poland.
(c) He was touring Siberia.
(d) He was on an expedition across the severn southern republics of the former USSR.

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

7. What era was that during Ryszard's last visit?
(a) It was the Brezhnev era.
(b) It was the Stalin era.
(c) It was the Lenin era.
(d) It was the Bolshevik era.

8. What did Moscow looked like to Ryszard when he visited during the late 1980s?
(a) Moscow was vast and uncluttered.
(b) Moscow was overrun with people and buildings.
(c) Moscow was filled with rubble and war debris.
(d) Moscow was a remnant of its former glory.

9. How does Ryszard feel about the imperium?
(a) He is skeptical that it can be communized.
(b) He is skeptical that it can be democratized.
(c) He is confident that it can be democratized.
(d) He is confident that it can become a communized.

10. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?
(a) It's similar to the government in the United States.
(b) It's similar a republic.
(c) It's very similar to the previous Soviet regime.
(d) It's similar to Bolshevik's.

11. What do the peoples use to establish order?
(a) Strict laws and government-approved lawyers
(b) Solid business plans
(c) Regular peace talks
(d) Force

12. What do the red banners signify to the travelers?
(a) They are reminders of bloodshed in the past.
(b) They are variations of the swastika flags.
(c) They are welcoming the travelers into the Soviet Union.
(d) They copy the country's flag.

13. What is the condition of the city in Georgia?
(a) It's a thriving cultural center.
(b) It's filled with wealth and beauty.
(c) It's struggling to survive.
(d) It is overcrowded.

14. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?
(a) His immediate family
(b) His schoolmates and teachers
(c) His neighbor
(d) No-one. The deportations are in the next town.

15. What did the soldiers offer Ryszard and his friends?
(a) Blankets
(b) Food
(c) Wood for their fires
(d) Tobacco