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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men in the caravan carry weapons?
(a) Because they are worried about the Tartars attacking them.
(b) Because they need to defend themselves against thieves.
(c) Because they are on their way to protect Krakow.
(d) Because they are going hunting.

2. What is the name of the fortress and castle of the king of Poland on a hill above the Vistula River?
(a) Mazovia.
(b) Cloth Hall.
(c) St. Ann.
(d) Wawel.

3. What is the scene Joseph sees when he first goes to explore the marketplace?
(a) He sees Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) He sees Pan Andrew Tenczynski.
(c) He sees a Tartar boy beating a dog.
(d) He sees a family from his village.

4. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?
(a) By the stranger's foreign features.
(b) By the stranger's clothing.
(c) By the stranger's accent.
(d) By the stranger's food.

5. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?
(a) His parents' cart surroundeded by people offering them a place to stay.
(b) His parents' cart surrounded by a mob of angry peasants.
(c) His parents' cart surrounded by Tartars.
(d) His parents' cart surrounded by the king and his royal court.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?

2. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?

3. What is the Heynal?

4. Despite the fact that he knows he might die as he faces the Tartars in 1241, what does the trumpeter decide to do?

5. As he ponders the attack on Krakow, of what is the trumpeter proud?

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