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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in the caravan, which of the stranger's orders does Joseph Charnetski follow?
(a) To give some of the goods from Joseph's wagon to him.
(b) To carry some of the goods for market.
(c) To take a pumpkin from the stranger.
(d) To take the reigns of the stranger's horse.

2. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?
(a) He has learned how to play his father's trumpet.
(b) He has learned how to make the staircase more sturdy.
(c) He has learned how to make gold from the Philosopher's Stone.
(d) He has learned how to sell goods in the marketplace.

3. What is the best description of the explosions referenced in the Charnetskis' apartment?
(a) Gun fire.
(b) Balls of red fire shooting out into the air.
(c) Balls of aqua shooting out into the air.
(d) Fireworks.

4. In Chapter 16, what happens to the Great Tarnov Crystal?
(a) The king keeps it in the palace for safe-keeping.
(b) Kreutz throws it into the Vistula River but the king's guard retrieves it.
(c) Pan Andrew throws it into the Vistula River but Kreutz retrives it.
(d) Kreutz throws it into the Vistula River, where it remains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the fire?

2. What is the new last name of the Charnetski family?

3. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?

4. What does Kreutz say some people believe about the Philosopher's Stone?

5. In Chapter 5, when Joseph returns from his walk with the dog, what does he see?

(see the answer key)

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