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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the Tartars' religious belief?
(a) They are Buddhists.
(b) They do not know God.
(c) They are Jewish.
(d) They believe in God.

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

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

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

5. What heroic act does Joseph do while in the marketplace?
(a) He catches a Tartar trying to steal food.
(b) He saves his father from being attacked by Stefan Ostrovski.
(c) He bravely rescues a young girl from a dog's attack.
(d) He saves his mother from an angry mob.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Heynal?

3. What is the scene Joseph sees when he first goes to explore the marketplace?

4. Despite the fact that he knows he might die as he faces the Tartars in 1241, what does the trumpeter decide to do?

5. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?

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