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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 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 a mob of angry peasants.
(b) His parents' cart surrounded by Tartars.
(c) His parents' cart surrounded by the king and his royal court.
(d) His parents' cart surroundeded by people offering them a place to stay.

2. Why is Krakow is a safe haven?
(a) There is room for many people.
(b) It has a lot of weapons.
(c) It has experienced warriors.
(d) The king's palace provides extra walls of protection for the refugees.

3. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?
(a) It is a large, efficient group that moves through a town in a day.
(b) It is a small but slow group that takes days to pass through a town.
(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.

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

5. What is the most accurate description of the Tartars' appearance?
(a) Tall, dark men with shaved heads.
(b) Short, dark men with beards and long, braided hair.
(c) Tall, pale men with beards and long, braided hair.
(d) Short, pale men with shaved heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name provided as the stranger approaches the individual wagon in the caravan?

2. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?

3. How old is Joseph Charnetski?

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

5. In Chapter 2, whom does Pan Andrew say he has to come to see?

(see the answer key)

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