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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Cardinal ask the General to do upon their introductions to each other?
(a) Let him go.
(b) Remove Janik's chains.
(c) Pray for him.
(d) Stop smoking.

2. When the Cardinal begins to receive a number of phone calls after the announcement of his return, which does he respond to first?
(a) No one's.
(b) American television.
(c) The foreign press.
(d) Some Western embassies.

3. What does the Cardinal want the Prime Minister to delay until he can meet with his bishops?
(a) His speech about taxes.
(b) Their one-on-one meeting.
(c) The announcement of the Cardinal's return.
(d) The execution of the Archbishop.

4. The Cardinal points out that in the days of _________ Rostropov and his friends, the country was run only by them.
(a) Pope.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Prince.
(d) King.

5. Janik was the new driver and he wears a leather _____________ cap of the WWI vintage, according to the story.
(a) Shipman's.
(b) Pope.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Aviator's.

6. The Cardinal assures the General that he will tell others that he was ________ detained by the government.
(a) Certainly.
(b) Unwillfully.
(c) Not.
(d) Just.

7. What kind of ceremony had the Cardinal last presided over at the church where he finds himself at this point?
(a) First Eucharist.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Marriage.

8. What clinic is the Cardinal supposed to go to in order to meet up with his friend in a safe location?
(a) Sports Medicine.
(b) VD.
(c) Orthopedic.
(d) Oncology.

9. The Cardinal and Janik are left in a cell for the night as they can't call the _____________ until the morning.
(a) Dock.
(b) Minister.
(c) Depot.
(d) Church.

10. In reading Krasnoy's speech, it seems that he did know about the ______________ before it took place.
(a) Riot.
(b) Father Ley meeting.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Union.

11. The Cardinal notes that he must remind himself that this _______ is now less pervasive than in those days they speak of with false nostalgia.
(a) Homeless problem.
(b) Misery.
(c) Joy.
(d) Uncertainty.

12. The group decides to camp under the bridge by the _____________ for the night in order to stay safe.
(a) Library.
(b) Capital.
(c) River.
(d) Church.

13. What number was Cardinal Bem given when he was sitting and waiting to see Father Ley in the VD clinic?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 7.

14. The Cardinal is told that if he just walks down toward the river, he can ______________.
(a) Get to the border.
(b) Sleep in a warm bed.
(c) Find a church.
(d) Catch a bus.

15. What is the new name on the identification card for Cardinal Bem? Stanislaus ____________.
(a) Stone.
(b) Ley.
(c) Wick.
(d) Transtoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Cardinal buy with the change he had left after buying his bus ticket to go to a new city?

2. What does the young man tell the Cardinal NOT to do when the man is getting ready to leave?

3. Where does the Cardinal go to collect his thoughts before giving his speech?

4. How does the Cardinal promise to the General that he will tell the lie about what happened with the government?

5. The Cardinal was then taken the the old Borodin ______, not to a factory as the Cardinal had assumed he was taken.

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