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

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

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

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

5. What railroad was Ryszard traveling on the second time he encountered the Imperium?
(a) The Eurostar
(b) The Elipsos
(c) The Thalys
(d) The Trans-Siberian Railroad

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the food like in Ryszard's life?

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

3. How does Ryszard act in the classroom?

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

5. What political studies did Ryszard have in first grade?

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