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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the treasure is being stolen, what does the thief see?
(a) A terrible red light.
(b) A pile of gold.
(c) A set of keys.
(d) A stack of books.

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

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

5. When Jan Kanty hears Joseph tell his parents that he found a place for them to stay, on what does Jan Kanty insist?
(a) Kanty insists that they go to the king's palace again.
(b) Kanty insists that they go straight to the place Joseph has found.
(c) Kanty insists that they to to the church first.
(d) Kanty insists that they go with him to his dwelling first.

6. In Chapter 5, when Joseph returns from his walk with the dog, what does he see?
(a) His father, a stranger, and the pumpkin.
(b) His father, his mother, and a stranger.
(c) His father, Kreutz, and Kanty.
(d) His father, a stranger, and a trumpet.

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

8. What does Joseph do when Pan Andrew is fighting with the stranger in the caravan?
(a) He drives the carriage for his father.
(b) He lets the stranger's horse loose.
(c) He unloads the goods from the wagon.
(d) He helps to break up the fight.

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

10. How does Pan Andrew tell time while he is working?
(a) He listens for the trumpeter.
(b) He uses his watch.
(c) He uses an hourglass.
(d) He uses a sundial.

11. What has a Russian ruler offered the stranger in return for something he wants?
(a) A position at the university.
(b) Membership into the royal family of Russia.
(c) A large plot of land and many livestock.
(d) Coffers of gold and a castle in Ukraine.

12. What is unusual about the staircase that leads to the Charnetskis' new dwelling?
(a) It is painted different colors.
(b) It is shaky and rickety.
(c) It is curved.
(d) It is steep.

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

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

15. When Joseph and Elzbietka turn on to the Street of Pigeons after Elzbietka's question about women studying, who identifies them to someone else?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) Pan Andrew Charnetski.
(c) Stas.
(d) Jan Kanty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name provided as the stranger approaches the individual wagon in the caravan?

2. What distresses Kreutz as he listens to Tring?

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

4. What is the shape of the tower of the Church of Our Lady Mary?

5. How old is Joseph Charnetski?

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