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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Pan Andrew tell Joseph when Joseph accompanies him to his new place of work for the first time?
(a) The story of the pumpkin and the crystal.
(b) The story of their ancestors.
(c) The story of his cousin.
(d) The story of the trumpeter and the broken note.

2. How old is the trumpeter when Poland is attacked?
(a) Ten or eleven.
(b) Nineteen or twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Thirty-nine or forty.

3. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?
(a) Multiple horse carriages with the drivers riding in them.
(b) One-horse wagons piled high with goods for the marketplace with drivers walking alongside the carts.
(c) Peasants walking and carrying their belongings.
(d) Peasants riding horses.

4. When Joseph first hears the trumpeter play from the Church of Our Lady Mary, what surprises him?
(a) He is surprised to hear the Heynal that stops mid-note.
(b) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Ukraine.
(c) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Poland.
(d) He is surprised to hear the Heynal played in its entirety

5. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?
(a) It is larger than any of the other wagons.
(b) It is being pulled by a man and is carrying several children.
(c) It is led by two horses and it is carrying a very large pumpkin.
(d) It is fancier than the rest of the wagons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scene Joseph sees when he first goes to explore the marketplace?

2. How does Pan Andrew tell time while he is working?

3. While in the caravan, which of the stranger's orders does Joseph Charnetski follow?

4. What does Pan Andrew say to Joseph when Joseph asks what is lighting up the room?

5. What does Joseph Charnetski see as he is riding in the back of the wagon while in the caravan?

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