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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year do the Tartars attack Poland?
(a) 1592.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1241.
(d) 1823.

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

3. What is unusual about the staircase that leads to the Charnetskis' new dwelling?
(a) It is steep.
(b) It is painted different colors.
(c) It is shaky and rickety.
(d) It is curved.

4. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?
(a) It is a large, efficient group that moves through a town in a day.
(b) It is a small but slow group that takes days to pass through a town.
(c) It is very large, but they run through each town quickly.
(d) It is so numerous that it takes days for them to pass through an area.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Krakow is a safe haven?

2. What does the stranger tell a group of people Pan Andrew did that makes them angry?

3. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?

4. What story does Pan Andrew tell Joseph when Joseph accompanies him to his new place of work for the first time?

5. What does Kreutz say about trances and experiments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Tartars.

2. Describe the agreement that Elzbietka and Joseph make to one another when in the tower in Chapter 8.

3. What are the aspects of Pan Andrew's job?

4. In Chapter 7, on the night that Elzbietka tells Joseph that Johann Tring is with her uncle, what else does she tell him about Kreutz?

5. How does Joseph know that the stranger is an enemy in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 1, after the stranger offers to buy the item sitting in Pan Andrew's wagon, what happens?

7. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

8. What are some of the things that Joseph notices when he spies on Tring and Kreutz in Chapter 7?

9. What was the meeting between Joseph and Stas like in the courtyard as described in Chapter 6?

10. Provide some characteristics of the new lodgings for the Charnetski family.

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