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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 2, The Trans-Siberian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rsyzard view Siberia?
(a) He finds it beautiful.
(b) He finds it icy and sinister.
(c) He finds it welcoming.
(d) He finds it haunting.

2. What was the winter like in 1939-1940 in Pinsk?
(a) It was mild.
(b) It was terrible.
(c) It was tolerable.
(d) It felt like summer.

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

4. What towns do the travelers go through on their journey?
(a) Omsk, Chelyabinsk, and Zarinsk
(b) Novosibirsk, Omsk, and Chelyabinsk
(c) Novosibirsk, Omsk, and Bugotak
(d) Molot, Koziovo, and Ossinniki

5. What is so genius about the Russians according to Ryszard?
(a) They really know how to cook.
(b) They can drink better than anyone else.
(c) They have the ability to endure almost any nightmare.
(d) They have a real knack for storytelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children get after standing out all night in front of the candy store?

2. What does Ryszard see getting loaded onto the trains?

3. What did the soldiers take from them?

4. What, according to the author, is the European political philosophy regarding ethnocentrism?

5. What railroad was Ryszard traveling on the second time he encountered the Imperium?

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