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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the Tartars?
(a) Compassionate people who invade but do not do much damage.
(b) Inexperienced warriors.
(c) Peaceful people who just want some more land.
(d) Like wild beasts who leave nothing alive.

2. While in the caravan, which of the stranger's orders does Joseph Charnetski follow?
(a) To take the reigns of the stranger's horse.
(b) To give some of the goods from Joseph's wagon to him.
(c) To take a pumpkin from the stranger.
(d) To carry some of the goods for market.

3. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?
(a) See that is was a small city and leave.
(b) Are defeated by the people of Krakow.
(c) Burn the outlying villages and pillage the districts around the churches.
(d) Take hostages for several weeks and then release them.

4. In the midst of all the destruction after the attack on Krakow, there is one Polish person left alive. Who is it?
(a) The trumpeter of the Church of Our Lady Mary.
(b) The trumpeter of Wawel.
(c) The trumpeter of Kiev.
(d) The king of Krakow.

5. When the Tartars attack Krakow in the 1200s, what do the Polish people decide to do?
(a) They decide to send armies out of the castle gates to meet the Tartars.
(b) They decide to flee the castle gates once the Tartars approach.
(c) They decide to not defend the city outside of the gates of Wawel.
(d) They decide to prepare to attack the Tartars outside the castle gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Charnetski family going with the caravan?

2. Where are the trumpeter's mother and sister as Poland is being attacked?

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

4. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?

5. Which best describes the Tartars' religious belief?

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