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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Ryszard come across the Imperium the second time?
(a) The Asian Steppes
(b) In Pinsk
(c) In Germany
(d) In Hungary

3. What does Ryszard discover about the Armenian political system?
(a) The Armenians have a democratic government with several leaders.
(b) The Armenian people have almost never had a state of their own.
(c) The Armenian people have no need of a government.
(d) The Armenian people are used to ruling themselves.

4. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?
(a) His schoolmates and teachers
(b) His immediate family
(c) His neighbor
(d) No-one. The deportations are in the next town.

5. How did the travelers view time on the trip?
(a) The trip was going quickly.
(b) All sense of time was lost.
(c) Travelers could predict time to the minute with the numerous stations and stops.
(d) The trip seemed endless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ryszard travel with in Armenia?

2. What political studies did Ryszard have in first grade?

3. What was another nickname for Moscow before 1812?

4. Who built the Temple of Christ the Savior?

5. How does Ryszard feel about the imperium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the new Armenia like?

2. What was it like living in Poland after September of 1939?

3. What did Ryszard realize about the USSR's power during his third encounter with the Imperium?

4. What were the people of Georgia like, according to the author's observations?

5. What did Rsyzard say about the borders in regard to ethnocentrism?

6. What effect did the war have on Ryszard's family?

7. What was unique about the women in Tajikstan, and was their uniqueness easy to come by?

8. What effect did the war have on the children?

9. What was school like for Ryszard?

10. What is Georgia like?

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