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

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

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

4. What does the author compare Siberia to weather-wise?
(a) Northern Canada
(b) Antartica
(c) Plinsk
(d) The mountains in China

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?

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

3. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

4. Where is the author heading along with his mother and sister?

5. How long did it take the travelers to move past Krasnoyarsk?

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