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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they leave Jan Kanty's house, what does Joseph's father tell him he can keep?
(a) The crystal from inside the pumpkin.
(b) Some of Jan Kanty's books.
(c) The wolfdog that Joseph saw the Tartar beating earlier in the day.
(d) A friend he met while in the marketplace.

2. In Chapter 5, when Joseph returns from his walk with the dog, what does he see?
(a) His father, a stranger, and the pumpkin.
(b) His father, Kreutz, and Kanty.
(c) His father, a stranger, and a trumpet.
(d) His father, his mother, and a stranger.

3. Who lives above the Charnetskis?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) Kreutz and his neice.
(c) Andrew Tenczynski.
(d) Johann Tring.

4. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?
(a) By the stranger's food.
(b) By the stranger's clothing.
(c) By the stranger's foreign features.
(d) By the stranger's accent.

5. After his father's job is secured, what does Joseph learn he will be doing?
(a) He will be helping his father as the king's scribe.
(b) He will be selling goods in the marketplace.
(c) He will be going to school.
(d) He will be helping Jan Kanty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Jan Kanty arrange for Pan Andrew?

2. When Jan Kanty hears Joseph tell his parents that he found a place for them to stay, on what does Jan Kanty insist?

3. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?

4. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?

5. Why is Jan Kanty well respected in Krakow?

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