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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kreutz say about trances and experiments?
(a) That the people of Kiev are experts at doing them.
(b) That the people of Lvov are experts at doing them.
(c) That the people of Krakow have always been weary of them.
(d) That the people of Krakow have always embraced them.

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

3. Who lives above the Charnetskis?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) Johann Tring.
(c) Kreutz and his neice.
(d) Andrew Tenczynski.

4. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?
(a) Elzbietka and Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) A guard and a Tartar.
(c) Kazimir Jagiello and Jan Kanty.
(d) Jan Kanty and Stefan Ostrovski.

5. Who hears the instructions given to Stas by the stranger?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski
(b) Bogdan the Terrible.
(c) Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) Joseph Charnetski.

6. Who accompanies the Charnetski family and Jan Kanty to their new dwelling in Chapter 5?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) Nicholas Kreutz.
(c) Conrad Mlynarki.
(d) Johann Tring.

7. What is the shape of the tower of the Church of Our Lady Mary?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) Square.
(c) Circle.
(d) Octagon.

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

9. What story does Pan Andrew tell Joseph when Joseph accompanies him to his new place of work for the first time?
(a) The story of their ancestors.
(b) The story of the pumpkin and the crystal.
(c) The story of his cousin.
(d) The story of the trumpeter and the broken note.

10. When the Polish people hear the word "Tartar," they:
(a) Feel like dancing.
(b) Want to eat fish.
(c) Know they need to go pay some taxes.
(d) Feel their the blood in their veins is going to freeze.

11. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?
(a) It is larger than any of the other wagons.
(b) It is fancier than the rest of the wagons.
(c) It is being pulled by a man and is carrying several children.
(d) It is led by two horses and it is carrying a very large pumpkin.

12. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?
(a) Peasants walking and carrying their belongings.
(b) Multiple horse carriages with the drivers riding in them.
(c) One-horse wagons piled high with goods for the marketplace with drivers walking alongside the carts.
(d) Peasants riding horses.

13. What is the Heynal?
(a) The battle cry of the Tartars.
(b) The National Anthem.
(c) The hymn to Our Lady.
(d) The castle next to Wawel.

14. After they leave Jan Kanty's house, what does Joseph's father tell him he can keep?
(a) The wolfdog that Joseph saw the Tartar beating earlier in the day.
(b) Some of Jan Kanty's books.
(c) A friend he met while in the marketplace.
(d) The crystal from inside the pumpkin.

15. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?
(a) By the stranger's clothing.
(b) By the stranger's foreign features.
(c) By the stranger's accent.
(d) By the stranger's food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?

2. What is the stranger's real name?

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

4. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?

5. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?

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