1. Why is Jan Kanty well respected in Krakow?
(a) He is a member of the royalty, a highly educated man, and a friend of the alchemist.
(b) He recently defeated a band of Tartars who had attacked the city.
(c) He completes acts of sorcery on a daily basis.
(d) He is a scholar-priest who is dedicated to learning, helpful to the peasants, and a hater of cruelty toward man.

2. When the Tartars attack Krakow in the 1200s, what do the Polish people decide to do?
(a) They decide to not defend the city outside of the gates of Wawel.
(b) They decide to flee the castle gates once the Tartars approach.
(c) They decide to send armies out of the castle gates to meet the Tartars.
(d) They decide to prepare to attack the Tartars outside the castle gates.

3. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?
(a) His parents' cart surrounded by Tartars.
(b) His parents' cart surroundeded by people offering them a place to stay.
(c) His parents' cart surrounded by a mob of angry peasants.
(d) His parents' cart surrounded by the king and his royal court.

4. What does Joseph Charnetski see as he is riding in the back of the wagon while in the caravan?
(a) A man stealing good from another wagon.
(b) A child fall off of a wagon.
(c) A beautiful woman fall off her horse.
(d) A single rider barge rudely through the caravan.

5. What kind of job does Jan Kanty arrange for Pan Andrew?
(a) The job of the king's scribe.
(b) The job of Kanty's assistant.
(c) The job of the trumpter at the Church of Our Lady Mary.
(d) The job of Kreutz's assistant.