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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 some people believe about the Philosopher's Stone?
(a) He says some people believe that it can give answers to the meaning of life.
(b) He says some people believe that it can transform all things to gold.
(c) He says some people believe that it has great healing powers.
(d) He says some people believe that it can make a man intelligent.

2. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?
(a) Stay in their villages and negotiate with the Tartars.
(b) Head towards the army and try to attack them before they arrive in the village.
(c) Leave their homes with their belongings to try to escape.
(d) Gather up all of their ammunition to defend themselves.

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

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

5. 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.

6. What distresses Kreutz as he listens to Tring?
(a) Knowing that Tring is going to deceive him.
(b) Understanding that he will never be able to use the Philosopher's Stone.
(c) Being told that he ignored the cry of his neice while in a trance.
(d) Finding out that the Tartars are on their way.

7. 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) Pan Andrew Charnetski.
(b) Stas.
(c) Jan Kanty.
(d) Nicholas Kreutz.

8. What preparations does Kreutz make in his apartment after he hears the instructions given to Stas?
(a) He asks Tring to put him in a trance as he prepares to meet the king.
(b) He mixes chemicals together to make a glowing effect on his clothing.
(c) He asks Tring to put him in a trance to obtain wisdom.
(d) He mixes chemicals together to put a spell on Joseph and his family.

9. How old is Joseph Charnetski?
(a) 55.
(b) 35.
(c) 45.
(d) 15.

10. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?
(a) He escapes the Tartars while playing the trumpet.
(b) A Polish man accidentally shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(c) A Tartar shoots him when he is done playing.
(d) He is killed by a Tartar with a bow and arrow while he is playing the Heynal.

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

12. 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 straight to the place Joseph has found.
(b) Kanty insists that they go with him to his dwelling first.
(c) Kanty insists that they go to the king's palace again.
(d) Kanty insists that they to to the church first.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What valuable information does Stas give to the stranger about Joseph's family?

2. Which best describes the Tartars' religious belief?

3. As the Charnetskis are waiting to see their apartment for the first time, which activity of Jan Kanty's do they witness?

4. What is the most accurate description of the Tartars' appearance?

5. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?

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