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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joseph tell Elzbietka that he will do if he is every attacked in the tower?
(a) Kill his attacker.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Play the Heynal in its entirety without stopping at the broken note.
(d) Play the Heynal but stop at the broken note.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What is the name provided as the stranger approaches the individual wagon in the caravan?
(a) Irene Witkowski.
(b) Andrew Charnetski.
(c) Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) Jan Kanty.

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

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

8. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?
(a) He knows he is alone in the midst of a terrible enemy.
(b) He decides to wait for the Polish army to rescue him.
(c) He thinks he should kill himself.
(d) He decides to flee to the castle.

9. When Joseph first hears the trumpeter play from the Church of Our Lady Mary, what surprises him?
(a) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Ukraine.
(b) He is surprised to hear the Heynal played in its entirety
(c) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Poland.
(d) He is surprised to hear the Heynal that stops mid-note.

10. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?
(a) Leave or live in the city under an assumed name.
(b) Live in the city openly and freely.
(c) Wait at the palace gates for Pan Andrew Tenczynski to return.
(d) Go find the king in a neighboring city.

11. What is the stranger's real name?
(a) Bogdan Brozny - Bogdan the Terrible.
(b) Stefan Ostrovski.
(c) Pan Andrew Tenczynsksi.
(d) Jan Kanty.

12. When Elzbietka asks Joseph why women are not allowed to study at the university, what is his answer?
(a) He says that women are not as intelligent as men.
(b) He says that men are jealous of women and they don't want the women to know more than the men.
(c) He says that he does not know the reason.
(d) He says that the law states women are not allowed to be educated.

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

14. When the Tartars attack Krakow in the 1200s, what do the Polish people decide to do?
(a) They decide to prepare to attack the Tartars outside the castle gates.
(b) They decide to not defend the city outside of the gates of Wawel.
(c) They decide to flee the castle gates once the Tartars approach.
(d) They decide to send armies out of the castle gates to meet the Tartars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jan Kanty meets the Charnetski family for the first time, what does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty?

2. What preparations does Kreutz make in his apartment after he hears the instructions given to Stas?

3. What is the Heynal?

4. When Jan Kanty hears Joseph tell his parents that he found a place for them to stay, on what does Jan Kanty insist?

5. What does the stranger offer to buy from Pan Andrew Charnetski?

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