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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ivan the Great hire Peter of the Button Face?
(a) He hired him to attack Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) He hired him to obtain the Great Tarnov Crystal.
(c) He hired him to attack the king.
(d) He hired him to obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

2. What best describes how the music is played in the Epilogue?
(a) Five times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal.
(b) One time the trumpter sounds the Heynal.
(c) Four times the flutist sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.
(d) Four times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.

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

4. What happens to the fire?
(a) The fire rages out of control.
(b) It is quickly contained because of the line drawn to keep it from speading.
(c) It burns for one hour and stops by the time the Heynal is played again.
(d) It burns down the king's palace.

5. What best describes the statues in the Church of Our Lady Mary?
(a) Tablets, banners, altars, and shrines look down from breaks in the Gothic fluting.
(b) Broken and crumbling.
(c) Huge.
(d) Ugly.

6. What is the chief glory of the city?
(a) It is the apartment of Pan Andrew.
(b) It is the king's palace.
(c) It is the University.
(d) It is the Church of Our Lady Mary.

7. What makes the leader of the twelve men shriek and tremble?
(a) The sudden appearance of a red, fiery, glowing devil.
(b) The sudden appearance of Ivan of Russia.
(c) The sudden appearance of the king of Poland.
(d) The sudden appearance of a mob of weapon-wielding Tartars.

8. Where does Pan Andrew think his treasure is once he discovers it missing?
(a) With Peter of the Button Face.
(b) With Ivan of Russia.
(c) With Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) With Stas.

9. How does Kreutz explain his mental state to Tring?
(a) He says he is mentally exhausted from being in so many trances.
(b) He says he is still mentally exhausted from the scuffle with Peter of the Button Face.
(c) He says he is mentally exhausted from all of his studying.
(d) He says he is mentally exhausted from worry about his niece.

10. Which two people get in a scuffle in Pan Andrew's apartment after the explosions in the Charnetski apartment?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz and Andrew Charnetski.
(b) Peter of the Button Face and the alchemist.
(c) Peter of the Button Face and Jan Kanty.
(d) The alchemist and Jan Kanty.

11. What does every citizen in Krakow have in their homes?
(a) Equipment for putting out fires.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Extra clothing.

12. In Chapter 11, to whom does the author say Pan Andrew's treasure is to go?
(a) To Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) To Jan Kanty.
(c) To the king of Poland.
(d) To Stefan Ostrovsky.

13. What is the best description of the castles in the Epilogue?
(a) The castles are crumbling ruins.
(b) The castles and towers and cathedral still rise proudly on the hill as in former days.
(c) There are no more castles.
(d) The castles are bigger and better than they were in former days.

14. Whose help is Ivan the Great seeking for what he wants?
(a) He needs the help of the Ukrainians.
(b) He needs the help of the Tartars.
(c) He needs the help of the Polish people.
(d) He needs the help of his own countrymen.

15. What does Kreutz hand over to Pan Andrew once at the tower in Chapter 14?
(a) He hands him the Great Tarnov Crystal.
(b) He hands him the directions to where the Great Tarnov Crystal has been buried.
(c) He hands him the Philosopher's Stone.
(d) He hands him the directions for the chemicals to make the huge red explosions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other secret that Kreutz reveals to Tring?

2. What happens to Joseph, his mother, and Elzbietka during the fire?

3. Why is Joseph anxious to see the palace at Wawel Hill?

4. What building has defied fire, siege, and war for eight centuries?

5. What is noticeable about the music being played?

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