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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were people sent to Siberia?
(a) It was filled with cultural wonders.
(b) It was a great vacation escape.
(c) It was a land of great job opportunity.
(d) They were being punished.

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

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

4. What does Ryszard think about the immensity of Russia?
(a) It has a negative effect on Russians because it doesn't demand concentration.
(b) It makes Russians anxious to explore new territories.
(c) It makes Russians relax and let down their guards.
(d) It has a positive effect on Russians because it demands concentration.

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

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

7. What happened when the Russian patrol shows up as Ryszard travels to Georgia?
(a) Nothing. Violent clashes are avoided.
(b) Violent clashes
(c) Detailed searches
(d) Confiscation of most of their belongings.

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

9. What language does Ryszard learn in first grade?
(a) English
(b) German
(c) Russian
(d) Chinese

10. How long was the Temple of Christ the Savior in operation?
(a) 75 years
(b) 200 years
(c) 48 years
(d) Eight years

11. What political studies did Ryszard have in first grade?
(a) Marxism
(b) Leninism
(c) Bolshevikism
(d) Democracy

12. 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

13. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?
(a) He thinks nomads are the key to world education.
(b) He maintains that human civilization can't exist without the nomad.
(c) He maintains that nomads are the key to crime in society.
(d) He maintains that nomads are a detriment to society.

14. When the Berlin wall fall?
(a) 1989
(b) 1991
(c) 1979
(d) 1971

15. Who does the intelligentsia want to make peace among?
(a) Armenia and Poland
(b) The factions.
(c) Armenia and Moscow
(d) Armenia and Georgia

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ryszard flying next to on his trip from Yerevan through Tbilisi to Baku?

2. Which geographic location was considered the threshold of Central Asia?

3. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

4. How do Ninnik and Ryszard view the city of Azerbaijan?

5. What does Leonid think Armenia might do?

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