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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Elzbietka makes her promise to Joseph, what do they see?
(a) A Latin scholar teaching a crowd of students near the university.
(b) The king returning to his palace.
(c) A group of Tartars beating up a Polish family.
(d) A Tartar boy beating up a wolf dog for no apparent reason.

2. How old is Joseph Charnetski?
(a) 55.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 35.

3. After Joseph tells Elzbietka what he will do if attacked, what does Elzbietka promise?
(a) She promises to go to Jan Kanty if she ever hears him play the Heynal without stopping at the broken note.
(b) She promises to find out what is in the pumpkin if he dies.
(c) She promises to take care of his parents if he dies.
(d) She promises to run to the king's palace if she ever hears him play the Heynal in its entirety.

4. After his father's job is secured, what does Joseph learn he will be doing?
(a) He will be helping Jan Kanty.
(b) He will be going to school.
(c) He will be helping his father as the king's scribe.
(d) He will be selling goods in the marketplace.

5. 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 timid and meek.
(c) He is filled with a sense of triumph and joy at his bravery.
(d) He is saved because someone hears him playing and rescues him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?

4. Where is the Charnetski family going with the caravan?

5. What does the stranger offer to Stas for agreeing to spy on Joseph's family?

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