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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. 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.

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

3. How long did it take to destroy the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Half a day
(c) Three years
(d) Four months

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

5. Who does Ryszard site with in Azerbaijan?
(a) He sits with a medical student.
(b) He sits with an artist.
(c) He sits with a baker.
(d) He sits with a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of protests did Ryszard observe in the Georgians?

2. How did the travelers view time on the trip?

3. What is deportation?

4. What honor did the guests have when Ryszard stayed near Frunze?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Temple in the 20th century?

2. What is Georgia like?

3. Why was the mosque in Uzbekistan so unique?

4. What was Ryszard's reaction to the landscape in Siberia?

5. What happened to Ryszard and his mother and sister when they are traveling?

6. What parts of the Soviet Union did Ryszard want to see?

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

8. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

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

10. How did the author feel Siberia contrasted from Canada?

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