4. What were many of the agreements and disagreements over?
(a) Educational standards
(b) Water
(c) Who was going to rule
(d) Land boundaries

5. Where did prisoners work in Vorkuta?
(a) Cotton fields
(b) Coal mines
(c) Diamond mines
(d) Oil fields

6. An actor sang a hymn about Russia promoting its what?
(a) Path into future greatness
(b) Former greatness
(c) Military
(d) Educational system

7. All of the following were ways to get into the Kremlin except for which?
(a) A congress
(b) The museum
(c) a summons
(d) A tourist day pass

8. How many religious icons were destroyed between 1917 and the 1990s?
(a) Hundreds
(b) At least 20 million
(c) none
(d) At least 20 thousand

9. Why couldn't Ryszard tell the story that he tells in Chapter 15 earlier in the book?
(a) He needed to get permission to tell the story from the people in it.
(b) He wanted to double-check his facts.
(c) He would have endangered those who helped him.
(d) He didn't know the ending.

10. What was happening at the meeting Ryszard attended at the Vargashovska mine?
(a) They were discussing new equipment.
(b) A meeting was called to honor miners recently killed.
(c) The workers were on strike.
(d) The workers were getting a salary raise.

11. What is Vorkuta known as?
(a) It's known an ideal place to raise a family.
(b) It's known as a holy place of martyrdom.
(c) It's known a the happiest place on Earth.
(d) It's known as a good place for business.

12. What happened as a result of the pesticides?
(a) People developed open sores.
(b) The local livestock died.
(c) People choked and went blind.
(d) People were poisoned and died.

13. What was planted un Uzbekistan?
(a) Corn
(b) Tobacco
(c) Cacti
(d) Cotton

14. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?
(a) She set him up with contacts.
(b) She cooked for him.
(c) She helped him with local transportation.
(d) She helped him obtain a fake passport?

15. What becomes a symbol of sanctuary from oppression in Bashkir?
(a) The music
(b) A flower
(c) Nature
(d) Churches