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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the Tartars?
(a) Inexperienced warriors.
(b) Peaceful people who just want some more land.
(c) Compassionate people who invade but do not do much damage.
(d) Like wild beasts who leave nothing alive.

2. 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) The wolfdog that Joseph saw the Tartar beating earlier in the day.
(c) A friend he met while in the marketplace.
(d) Some of Jan Kanty's books.

3. As the Charnetski family walks to their apartment for the first time, what does Jan Kanty break up?
(a) An argument between Stefan Ostrovski and Stas.
(b) A duel between Conrand Mlynarki and Johann Tring.
(c) A dog fight.
(d) A gunfight between two of the king's guards.

4. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?
(a) It is very large, but they run through each town quickly.
(b) It is a small but slow group that takes days to pass through a town.
(c) It is so numerous that it takes days for them to pass through an area.
(d) It is a large, efficient group that moves through a town in a day.

5. In the midst of all the destruction after the attack on Krakow, there is one Polish person left alive. Who is it?
(a) The trumpeter of the Church of Our Lady Mary.
(b) The trumpeter of Wawel.
(c) The king of Krakow.
(d) The trumpeter of Kiev.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the broken note first played?

2. What is the Heynal?

3. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?

4. What is unusual about the staircase that leads to the Charnetskis' new dwelling?

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

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