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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?
(a) Flat farmland, barns, and stables.
(b) Buildings adorned by the rich sculpture marked by the Italian Renaissance.
(c) Bright, sunlit palaces, churches, towers, battlement walks, and Gothic buildings.
(d) Spanish-American architecture.

3. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?
(a) To play the National Anthem every morning.
(b) To defend the country.
(c) To warn the people inside the castle of the coming Tartars.
(d) To sound the trumpet each hour of the day and night until death.

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

5. What does Pan Andrew say to Joseph when Joseph asks what is lighting up the room?
(a) He tells Joseph that it is a lantern.
(b) He tells Joseph that he will know in due time.
(c) He tells Joseph that it is a large crystal.
(d) He tells Joseph that it is a fire from an experiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph further investigates Elzbietka's concerns, what does he see?

2. What is the Heynal?

3. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?

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

5. As he ponders the attack on Krakow, of what is the trumpeter proud?

(see the answer key)

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