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

3. Who lives in the countryside of Ashkhabad?
(a) The poor live in the countryside.
(b) The scholars live in the countryside.
(c) Ryszard lives in the countryside.
(d) The wealthy live in the countryside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?
(a) It collapsed without warning.
(b) It caught on fire.
(c) They built a new addition.
(d) It was destroyed by cannon fire.

13. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?
(a) It's very similar to the previous Soviet regime.
(b) It's similar to the government in the United States.
(c) It's similar to Bolshevik's.
(d) It's similar a republic.

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

15. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?
(a) War is everywhere.
(b) They are choosing new leaders.
(c) The peasants are protesting.
(d) It's a time of historical peace.