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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 2, The Trans-Siberian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author, is the European political philosophy regarding ethnocentrism?
(a) The Europeans want to exclude other nations.
(b) The Europeans want to learn about other nations, but still think they are superior.
(c) The Europeans want to know other nations.
(d) The Europeans want nothing at all to do with other nations.

2. Where was Ryszard's father?
(a) He was imprisoned by the Soviets.
(b) He was on a business trip.
(c) He was in the army.
(d) He was in prison for robbing a neighbor.

3. What do the Red Army men want?
(a) The want the family's treasures.
(b) They want the family's livestock.
(c) They want Ryszard to join them.
(d) They want Ryszard's father.

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

5. When did Ryszard come across the Imperium for the second time?
(a) 1945
(b) 1950
(c) 1948
(d) 1958

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author heading along with his mother and sister?

2. What did the soldiers take from them?

3. What language does Ryszard learn in first grade?

4. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?

5. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?

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