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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare Siberia to weather-wise?

2. What did the soldiers offer Ryszard and his friends?

3. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

4. How long did it take the travelers to move past Krasnoyarsk?

5. What do the peoples use to establish order?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Georgia like?

2. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

3. How is the new Armenia similar to the previous Soviet regime?

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

5. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

6. Why was the mosque in Uzbekistan so unique?

7. How did Ryszard feel about the barbed wire barriers and dogs? What did they remind him of?

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

9. What was Rsyzard's overall viewpoint on his traveling situation on the train?

10. What were the three different attitudes foreigners had when entering the Soviet Union?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Siberia and northern Canada. Explain why the author made this comparison.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the importance of the Kremlin. How did Ryszard get in, and what were his observations once he entered the Kremlin?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the three attitudes the author states foreigners take into the Soviet Union. Determine which attitude the author had, and explain why you believe this was his attitude.

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