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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 prepare to attack the Tartars outside the castle gates.
(c) They decide to flee the castle gates once the Tartars approach.
(d) They decide to send armies out of the castle gates to meet the Tartars.

3. What does the stranger offer to buy from Pan Andrew Charnetski?
(a) His pumpkin.
(b) His goods.
(c) His clothes.
(d) HIs wagon.

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

5. Why do the men in the caravan carry weapons?
(a) Because they need to defend themselves against thieves.
(b) Because they are on their way to protect Krakow.
(c) Because they are going hunting.
(d) Because they are worried about the Tartars attacking them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

2. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?

3. What is the name of the fortress and castle of the king of Poland on a hill above the Vistula River?

4. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?

5. How old is the trumpeter when Poland is attacked?

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