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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do protesters discuss forming after lunch?

2. What do the people who barricaded themselves in a church to avoid the Mongol attack do after surviving the attack?

3. Who flees when the Mongols approach Krakow?

4. Who was Ghengis Khan certain to kill when he conquered a village?

5. Who was supposed to protect the village of Bukowski when the Mongols attacked in 1241?

Short Essay Questions

1. What color cord does Mustafa wear around his neck and what is its significance?

2. What is the Polish reaction to the 1772 partition of Poland? Who has control of Bukowo?

3. What is Szymon Bukowski's role in the special event the beginning of the book?

4. What is the purpose of Magistrate Cyperjan's banquet held at Castle Gorka? Why is the event held there?

5. Who asks Poland for help when the Ottoman Empire begins to expand and why?

6. What was the Polish government like in the thirteenth century and why?

7. After the meeting in Chapter 1, who does Bukowski meet and what deal is arranged?

8. Explain how Vuldai becomes a member of the Ghengis Kahn's army.

9. Who is Lumbomirska and why is her character important in this story?

10. What complaint do the farmers make at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in the novel. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is a genre? Discuss both the genre and sub-genre categories that best describe "Poland". Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 3

A main character has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. Discuss Szymon's bad qualities. Who is to blame for those qualities? Are the "bad" qualities really bad? Support your answers.

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