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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the churches in Moscow during the Bolshevik revolution?
(a) The Bolsheviks built onto them.
(b) The Bolsheviks turned them into museums
(c) The Bolsheviks protected them.
(d) The Bolsheviks demolished them.

2. What has Baku been known for during the past 1,000 years?
(a) Baku has been a political hot spot for 1,000 years.
(b) Baku has been a literacy center for 1,000 years.
(c) Baku has been a trading post for 1,000 years.
(d) Baku has been a center for the arts for 1,000 years.

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

4. Where is the author heading along with his mother and sister?
(a) He is heading far away from his home.
(b) He is heading to his home in Pinsk, Poland.
(c) He is heading to Moscow.
(d) He is heading to the store.

5. What do the peoples use to establish order?
(a) Solid business plans
(b) Force
(c) Regular peace talks
(d) Strict laws and government-approved lawyers

6. Who built the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) Peter the Great
(b) Alexander I
(c) Stalin
(d) Alexander II

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

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

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

10. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?
(a) He was touring Siberia.
(b) He was on an expedition across the severn southern republics of the former USSR.
(c) He was heading from Moscow back to Poland.
(d) He was on a cruise on the Sea of Okhotsk

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

12. What did people think would have happened if Trotsky had beaten Stalin?
(a) They thought that democracy would have failed.
(b) They thought that democracy would have triumphed.
(c) They thought that communism would have triumphed.
(d) They thought that communism would have failed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?

2. How old is Ryszard when he is caught by the Soviet soldiers?

3. How old are some of the churches Ryszard visits in Georgia?

4. Who lives in the countryside of Ashkhabad?

5. What do they find in Zabaykal-sk?

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