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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in the caravan, which of the stranger's orders does Joseph Charnetski follow?
(a) To carry some of the goods for market.
(b) To give some of the goods from Joseph's wagon to him.
(c) To take a pumpkin from the stranger.
(d) To take the reigns of the stranger's horse.

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

3. Where is the Charnetski family going with the caravan?
(a) They are traveling to Ukraine.
(b) They are traveling to Lvov.
(c) They are traveling to Krakow.
(d) They are traveling to Kiev.

4. Krakow welcomes which group of people?
(a) The Russians who are fleeing the Tartars.
(b) The Ukrainians who are fleeing the Tartars.
(c) The people of Bulgaria who try to fight the Tartars.
(d) The villagers who stay to fight the Tartars.

5. When the Polish people hear the word "Tartar," they:
(a) Feel like dancing.
(b) Know they need to go pay some taxes.
(c) Want to eat fish.
(d) Feel their the blood in their veins is going to freeze.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men in the caravan carry weapons?

2. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?

3. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?

4. Who lives below the Charnetskis?

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

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