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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is the trumpeter when Poland is attacked?
(a) Thirty-nine or forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ten or eleven.
(d) Nineteen or twenty.

3. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?
(a) Live in the city openly and freely.
(b) Go find the king in a neighboring city.
(c) Leave or live in the city under an assumed name.
(d) Wait at the palace gates for Pan Andrew Tenczynski to return.

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

5. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?
(a) It is larger than any of the other wagons.
(b) It is led by two horses and it is carrying a very large pumpkin.
(c) It is fancier than the rest of the wagons.
(d) It is being pulled by a man and is carrying several children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?

2. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?

3. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?

4. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?

5. When the Polish people hear the word "Tartar," they:

(see the answer key)

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