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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?
(a) Leave their homes with their belongings to try to escape.
(b) Stay in their villages and negotiate with the Tartars.
(c) Gather up all of their ammunition to defend themselves.
(d) Head towards the army and try to attack them before they arrive in the village.

2. After hearing Pan Andrew's story, what advice does Jan Kanty provide?
(a) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go find the king in a neighboring city.
(b) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go back to his home.
(c) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go watch the marketplace for the stranger.
(d) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should change his name and sell his horses.

3. Once help is summoned in Chapter 12, what happens?
(a) The thirty watchmen free Pan Andrew and remove the thieves.
(b) Peter and his men flee the tower when they see the watchmen coming.
(c) The king and his men save Pan Andrew from the tower.
(d) Peter and his men attack the Krakow watchmen and take Kanty hostage.

4. What makes the leader of the twelve men shriek and tremble?
(a) The sudden appearance of Ivan of Russia.
(b) The sudden appearance of a mob of weapon-wielding Tartars.
(c) The sudden appearance of the king of Poland.
(d) The sudden appearance of a red, fiery, glowing devil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the stranger gives Stas instructions in Chapter 9, what is Stas' only task?

2. Who lives below the Charnetskis?

3. What is the most accurate description of the Tartars' appearance?

4. When Joseph first hears the trumpeter play from the Church of Our Lady Mary, what surprises him?

5. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

(see the answer key)

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