1. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?
(a) He needs to decide whether to chase Pan Andrew or the horse.
(b) She needs to decide whether to go to the market or go home.
(c) He needs to decide whether to kidnap Joseph or go back to Krakow.
(d) He needs to decide whether to steal the goods or chase the horse.

2. What does Kreutz say about trances and experiments?
(a) That the people of Kiev are experts at doing them.
(b) That the people of Krakow have always embraced them.
(c) That the people of Krakow have always been weary of them.
(d) That the people of Lvov are experts at doing them.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Kreutz tell Tring?
(a) That he thinks they should flee to Kiev with the Philosopher's Stone.
(b) That he no longer wishes to participate in their experiments.
(c) That he wants to use the Philosopher's Stone to make gold.
(d) That he wants to tell the king about the crystal.

4. Where does Joseph find his family a place to stay?
(a) In the same building as Ostrovski and Kanty.
(b) In the same building as Elzbietka and Kreutz.
(c) In the king's palace.
(d) In their cousin's house back in their old village.

5. After Joseph tells Elzbietka what he will do if attacked, what does Elzbietka promise?
(a) She promises to find out what is in the pumpkin if he dies.
(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 go to Jan Kanty if she ever hears him play the Heynal without stopping at the broken note.