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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger tell a group of people Pan Andrew did that makes them angry?
(a) He says that Pan Andrew stole the king's jewels.
(b) He says that Pan Andrew has escaped from prison.
(c) He says Pan Andrew cut off his brother's head and turned it into a pumpkin.
(d) He says that Pan Andrew was really a Tartar in a peasant's clothing.

2. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?
(a) He is fearful and trembles as he plays.
(b) He is filled with a sense of triumph and joy at his bravery.
(c) He is saved because someone hears him playing and rescues him.
(d) He is timid and meek.

3. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?
(a) He is killed by a Tartar with a bow and arrow while he is playing the Heynal.
(b) He escapes the Tartars while playing the trumpet.
(c) A Polish man accidentally shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(d) A Tartar shoots him when he is done playing.

4. When is the broken note first played?
(a) When the Tartars pick up the song where the trumpeter left off.
(b) As the trumpeter's trumpet breaks.
(c) As the trumpeter is killed with the bow and arrow from the Tartar.
(d) As the trumpeter's trumpet is knocked out of his hands by the Tartar's arrow.

5. What is the Heynal?
(a) The National Anthem.
(b) The castle next to Wawel.
(c) The battle cry of the Tartars.
(d) The hymn to Our Lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes the Tartars?

2. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?

3. Which two cities do the Tartars attack before they invade Poland?

4. Where does Joseph find his family a place to stay?

5. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?

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