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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elzbietka confess to Joseph in Chapter 8?
(a) That she wants to leave her uncle.
(b) That she is in love with Joseph.
(c) That she thinks her uncle is possessed by Tring.
(d) That she saw a murder occur.

2. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?
(a) Kazimir Jagiello and Jan Kanty.
(b) Elzbietka and Nicholas Kreutz.
(c) A guard and a Tartar.
(d) Jan Kanty and Stefan Ostrovski.

3. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?
(a) He has learned how to make gold from the Philosopher's Stone.
(b) He has learned how to play his father's trumpet.
(c) He has learned how to sell goods in the marketplace.
(d) He has learned how to make the staircase more sturdy.

4. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?
(a) Bright, sunlit palaces, churches, towers, battlement walks, and Gothic buildings.
(b) Spanish-American architecture.
(c) Buildings adorned by the rich sculpture marked by the Italian Renaissance.
(d) Flat farmland, barns, and stables.

5. During their first meeting, what offer of Jan Kanty's does Pan Andrew make he declines?
(a) Jan Kanty offers to take the Charnetski family back to their village.
(b) Jan Kanty offers to keep Pan Andrew's treasure.
(c) Jan Kanty offers to allow the Charnetski family to stay in his dwelling.
(d) Jan Kanty offers to let Pan Andrew work for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his father's job is secured, what does Joseph learn he will be doing?

2. What does Kreutz say some people believe about the Philosopher's Stone?

3. Why is Jan Kanty well respected in Krakow?

4. When Joseph awakens from his nap in Chapter 4, what does he see his father doing?

5. What does the stranger offer to Stas for agreeing to spy on Joseph's family?

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