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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is questioned in the king's chambers?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) Jan Kanty.
(c) Michael the Snake.
(d) Peter of the Button Face.

2. After Tring learns Kreutz's secrets, what order does Tring give Kreutz?
(a) To go to Pan Andrew.
(b) To get ready to go to Kiev.
(c) To go to the king.
(d) To look into the crystal.

3. Why is Tring angry with the information from Kreutz about his mental state?
(a) Because he is afraid that Kreutz has shared their secret with someone else.
(b) Because he thinks Kreutz is going to make more money than he is going to make.
(c) Because he is worried for Kreutz's mental stability.
(d) Because he wanted to be the one to tell the king.

4. Which statement best describes what the king does with Peter of the Button Face?
(a) He puts him in prision in the king's palace.
(b) He gives him his freedom but banishes him from Poland forever.
(c) He gives him his freedom but says he can't return to Poland for three years.
(d) He enlists his help to conquer Ivan the Great.

5. What building has defied fire, siege, and war for eight centuries?
(a) The University.
(b) Old Cloth Hall.
(c) The Church of Our Lady Mary.
(d) St. Andrew's.

6. What makes the leader of the twelve men shriek and tremble?
(a) The sudden appearance of Ivan of Russia.
(b) The sudden appearance of the king of Poland.
(c) The sudden appearance of a mob of weapon-wielding Tartars.
(d) The sudden appearance of a red, fiery, glowing devil.

7. When Peter is in the tower, Joseph finally learns the name of the crystal. What is it?
(a) The Great Krakow Crystal.
(b) The Great Charnetski Crystal
(c) The Great Kiev Crystal.
(d) The Great Tarnov Crystal.

8. Who arrives at the tower with Nicholas Kreutz?
(a) Elzbietka arrives with Kreutz.
(b) Peter of the Button Face arrives with Kreutz.
(c) Pan Andrew arrives with Kreutz.
(d) Jan Kanty arrives with Kreutz.

9. To where does the guard escort the person Joseph is amazed to see?
(a) The castle on Wawel Hill.
(b) The burning apartment.
(c) The University.
(d) The Church of Our Lady Mary.

10. What is the chief glory of the city?
(a) It is the apartment of Pan Andrew.
(b) It is the Church of Our Lady Mary.
(c) It is the University.
(d) It is the king's palace.

11. How do Peter and his men enter the tower?
(a) "The Snake" attacks the watchman and steals the key to the tower.
(b) They find an open door up to the tower.
(c) They follow Joseph up the stairs.
(d) Stas attacks the watchman and steals the key to the tower.

12. Who is Krakus?
(a) A hero who helped to defeat the Tartars.
(b) A hero who slayed a dragon that had made its nest at Wawel Hill.
(c) A hero who fought valliantly in Kiev.
(d) A hero who fought valliantly in Lvov.

13. What does Joseph do before he leaves the tower in Chapter 11?
(a) He remembers his pact with Elzbietka and plays the Heynal in its entirety.
(b) He remember his pact with Elzbietka and plays the Heynal but stops on the broken note.
(c) He confesses to Peter that he knows where the crystal is.
(d) He tells his father how much he loves him.

14. What does the king give to Pan Andrew?
(a) He returns the crystal to him.
(b) He gives him a room at the palace.
(c) He gives him a heavy gold chain.
(d) He gives him a spot in the king's guard.

15. While in the trance in Chapter 13, what does Kreutz do?
(a) He mixes chemicals so that there is an explosion.
(b) He returns the crystal to Pan Andrew.
(c) He talks about his niece.
(d) He walks to the king's palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Peter threaten Pan Andrew while in the tower?

2. What is noticeable about the music being played?

3. About what is Pan Andrew troubled after help is summoned?

4. Where does Pan Andrew think his treasure is once he discovers it missing?

5. Because Pan Andrew is so depressed about the treasure being gone, what does Joseph often do?

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