2. How did they destroy the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) They used cannons.
(b) They used dynamite.
(c) They took it down manually, piece by piece.
(d) They set it on fire.

3. How does Ryszard act in the classroom?
(a) He is the class clown.
(b) He never knows the answers.
(c) He doesn't ask questions for fear of reprisal.
(d) He asks lots of questions to show how smart he is.

4. What was supposed to be built at the location of the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) A prayer wall
(b) A memorial to the martyrs
(c) A statue of Stalin
(d) The Palace of the Soviets

5. How do the countries in the Caucasus feel about each other?
(a) They are appreciative of the friendship among the countries.
(b) They view each other as business partners.
(c) They don't know much about each other.
(d) They are filled with suppressed rage over competing interests.

6. What did the soldiers offer Ryszard and his friends?
(a) Wood for their fires
(b) Blankets
(c) Food
(d) Tobacco

7. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?
(a) He found a prosperous community.
(b) He found ancient Christian icons, frescoes, and whitewashed remains of churches.
(c) He found people starving in the streets.
(d) He found that the churches were obliterated.

8. How many republics did the Soviet Union have when Ryszard wanted to visit in the late 1980s?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 15
(d) 8

9. What was one of the difficulties Ryszard had to face when he decided to go back to visit the Imperium?
(a) He had lost his contacts.
(b) The country wasn't allowing visitors in.
(c) He was getting too old to travel.
(d) He had no money.

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

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

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

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

14. Who controls Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
(a) The local armend forces control Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
(b) No-one controls Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
(c) The BolsheviksThe local armend forces control Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
(d) The Red Party controls Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

15. How did people of Moscow regard speech?
(a) Things were the same. They've always had freedom of speech.
(b) They lost the freedom that they originally had regarding speech.
(c) They had to be careful what they said because everything was censored.
(d) They had a freedom of speech that they didn't have previously.