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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?
(a) His parents' cart surrounded by Tartars.
(b) His parents' cart surrounded by a mob of angry peasants.
(c) His parents' cart surrounded by the king and his royal court.
(d) His parents' cart surroundeded by people offering them a place to stay.

3. In Chapter 14, who descends on the Street of Pigeons and why?
(a) Able men go to the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.
(b) The Tartars go to the the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.
(c) All the women go there to help fight the fire.
(d) Peter of the Button Face's men go to the street to fight the fire.

4. Once Tring sees what Kreutz puts in the middle of the room, what does he understand?
(a) He understands why Kreutz is in frequent trances.
(b) He understands why Kreutz is so worried about his niece.
(c) He understands why the Tartars hate the Polish people so much.
(d) He understands why Stas disappeared.

5. What is the stranger's real name?
(a) Bogdan Brozny - Bogdan the Terrible.
(b) Pan Andrew Tenczynsksi.
(c) Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) Jan Kanty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kreutz say he has done to obtain the item he places in the middle of the room?

2. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?

3. How old is Joseph Charnetski?

4. What does Joseph do when Pan Andrew is fighting with the stranger in the caravan?

5. While in the trance in Chapter 13, what does Kreutz do?

(see the answer key)

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