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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 did the children get after standing out all night in front of the candy store?
(a) Comic books
(b) Penny candy
(c) Chocolate
(d) Fruit-candy tins

2. When did Ryszard come across the Imperium for the second time?
(a) 1958
(b) 1945
(c) 1948
(d) 1950

3. What did the soldiers take from them?
(a) Boots
(b) Alcohol
(c) Coats
(d) Books

4. How long did it take the travelers to move past Krasnoyarsk?
(a) Four days
(b) Two weeks
(c) One week
(d) One day

5. What, according to the author, is the European political philosophy regarding ethnocentrism?
(a) The Europeans want nothing at all to do with other nations.
(b) The Europeans want to exclude other nations.
(c) The Europeans want to know other nations.
(d) The Europeans want to learn about other nations, but still think they are superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupted class time?

2. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?

3. What were the passengers on the train like?

4. What does Ryszard think about the immensity of Russia?

5. Where did Ryszard come across the Imperium the second time?

(see the answer key)

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