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

2. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?
(a) To sound the trumpet each hour of the day and night until death.
(b) To play the National Anthem every morning.
(c) To defend the country.
(d) To warn the people inside the castle of the coming Tartars.

3. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?
(a) He has learned how to make gold from the Philosopher's Stone.
(b) He has learned how to sell goods in the marketplace.
(c) He has learned how to play his father's trumpet.
(d) He has learned how to make the staircase more sturdy.

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 king of Krakow.
(d) The trumpeter of Kiev.

5. After Joseph tells Elzbietka what he will do if attacked, what does Elzbietka promise?
(a) She promises to go to Jan Kanty if she ever hears him play the Heynal without stopping at the broken note.
(b) She promises to run to the king's palace if she ever hears him play the Heynal in its entirety.
(c) She promises to take care of his parents if he dies.
(d) She promises to find out what is in the pumpkin if he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

2. How many rooms does the Charnetskis' new dwelling have?

3. By what name do the Polish people know the stranger?

4. After they leave Jan Kanty's house, what does Joseph's father tell him he can keep?

5. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, when Kanty and the Charnetski family go to the lodgings Joseph has found, what do they witness on their way?

2. How does Peter of the Button Face plan to break into Pan Andrew's apartment and steal the treasure in Chapter 9?

3. Describe the caravan from Chapter 1.

4. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

5. What does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty in Chapter 4 once the mob scene has dissipated?

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

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

8. In Chapter 8, what reason does Joseph give Elzbietka for why the scholar they see is not speaking at the University?

9. In Chapter 9, is Peter of the Button Face successful in obtaining the treasure?

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

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