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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?
(a) Head towards the army and try to attack them before they arrive in the village.
(b) Leave their homes with their belongings to try to escape.
(c) Stay in their villages and negotiate with the Tartars.
(d) Gather up all of their ammunition to defend themselves.

2. When the Polish people hear the word "Tartar," they:
(a) Want to eat fish.
(b) Know they need to go pay some taxes.
(c) Feel like dancing.
(d) Feel their the blood in their veins is going to freeze.

3. How old is Joseph Charnetski?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 35.
(d) 55.

4. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?
(a) He is filled with a sense of triumph and joy at his bravery.
(b) He is timid and meek.
(c) He is fearful and trembles as he plays.
(d) He is saved because someone hears him playing and rescues him.

5. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?
(a) Go find the king in a neighboring city.
(b) Live in the city openly and freely.
(c) Wait at the palace gates for Pan Andrew Tenczynski to return.
(d) Leave or live in the city under an assumed name.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the broken note first played?

2. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?

3. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

4. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?

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

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