1. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?
(a) Take hostages for several weeks and then release them.
(b) See that is was a small city and leave.
(c) Burn the outlying villages and pillage the districts around the churches.
(d) Are defeated by the people of Krakow.

2. Which description best describes the Tarnov Crystal?
(a) An often discussed wonder that Tartar parents tell their children about.
(b) A dull but enormous stone.
(c) A tiny crystal that no one has known about until recently.
(d) A crystal that the Tartars do not know about yet.

3. On the night in Chapter 7 when Joseph sees Elzbietka, what does she tell him she is worried about?
(a) She is worried about the man who lives downstairs with the old woman.
(b) She does not trust Tring and has noticed a change in her uncle.
(c) She is worried about her upcoming exams at school.
(d) She is worried about the Tartars attacking.

4. In Chapter 14, who descends on the Street of Pigeons and why?
(a) Peter of the Button Face's men go to the street to fight the fire.
(b) The Tartars go to the the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.
(c) All the women go there to help fight the fire.
(d) Able men go to the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.

5. Once Tring sees what Kreutz puts in the middle of the room, what does he understand?
(a) He understands why Kreutz is so worried about his niece.
(b) He understands why Kreutz is in frequent trances.
(c) He understands why Stas disappeared.
(d) He understands why the Tartars hate the Polish people so much.