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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 3, The South, '67.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ryszard see getting loaded onto the trains?
(a) Cattle
(b) Coal
(c) Mail
(d) People

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

4. When was Ryszard's third encounter with the Imperium?
(a) 1950
(b) 1958
(c) 1970
(d) 1967

5. Which geographic location was considered the threshold of Central Asia?
(a) Moscow
(b) Baku
(c) Georgia
(d) Azerbaijan

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

2. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?

3. What were the passengers on the train like?

4. When did Armenia become a Christian country?

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

(see the answer key)

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