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

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

3. Who dominates the republic of Yakutia?
(a) The locals
(b) The police
(c) The Imperium
(d) The army

4. How do the people in Moscow feel about the Imperium?
(a) They wish it weren't around.
(b) They want to maintain it even though it doesn't have any attachment to the people's interests.
(c) They want to maintain it because it is an integral part of their lives.
(d) They violently oppose it.

5. What is the main people group of Kolyma?
(a) Artists
(b) Military guards
(c) Nomads
(d) Prisoners

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yakutsk known for?

2. What does Ryszard pretend to be in order to fly?

3. Who ruled the area under Khrushchev and Brezhnev?

4. What are the people like in the hotel?

5. Why couldn't Ryszard tell the story that he tells in Chapter 15 earlier in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

2. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

3. Describe the pros and cons of living in Yatusk.

4. What where the crops in Uzbekistan like?

5. What was the city of Baku like?

6. What happened to the churches in Russia?

7. Where did people work in Vorkuta, and what type of people worked there?

8. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

9. Describe Magadan.

10. What did Ryszard notice about the Kremlin?

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