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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the music being played in the church?
(a) At one of the open tower windows.
(b) In the basement of the church.
(c) At the front of the church.
(d) Outside of the church.

2. Which description best describes the Tarnov Crystal?
(a) A dull but enormous stone.
(b) A crystal that the Tartars do not know about yet.
(c) An often discussed wonder that Tartar parents tell their children about.
(d) A tiny crystal that no one has known about until recently.

3. Because Pan Andrew is so depressed about the treasure being gone, what does Joseph often do?
(a) He does all of the marketplace shopping for the family.
(b) He cheers him up by finding the treasure.
(c) He lets his father sleep and plays the Heynal on the trumpet through the night.
(d) He gets his father an audience with the king.

4. Once Peter and his men are in the tower, what confuses Pan Andrew and Joseph?
(a) They do not understand why "The Snake" is so sneaky.
(b) They do not understand why Peter is back if he already has the treasure.
(c) They do not understand why Peter thinks the treasure is fake.
(d) They do not understand why "The Snake" is with Peter.

5. About what is Pan Andrew troubled after help is summoned?
(a) He is wondering where Michael "The Snake" is.
(b) He is troubled for his own life.
(c) He is troubled for the king's life.
(d) He is wondering where the crystal is.

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

7. With what does Kreutz flee at the end?
(a) He flees with the cauldron.
(b) He flees with the Philosopher's Stone.
(c) He flees with his book of alchemy.
(d) He flees with the crystal.

8. Which statement best describes what the king does with Peter of the Button Face?
(a) He gives him his freedom but says he can't return to Poland for three years.
(b) He enlists his help to conquer Ivan the Great.
(c) He gives him his freedom but banishes him from Poland forever.
(d) He puts him in prision in the king's palace.

9. In Chapter 14, who descends on the Street of Pigeons and why?
(a) All the women go there to help fight the fire.
(b) Peter of the Button Face's men go to the street to fight the fire.
(c) Able men go to the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.
(d) The Tartars go to the the Street of Pigeons to help fight the fire.

10. 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 Polish people.
(c) He needs the help of his own countrymen.
(d) He needs the help of the Tartars.

11. What happens at the end of the meeting with the king?
(a) Pan Andrew grabs the crystal from the king's hands.
(b) Kreutz grabs the crystal from the king's hands.
(c) Kreutz grabs the crystal from Pan Andrew's hands.
(d) Jan Kanty grabs the crystal from the king's hands.

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

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

14. What does the inside of the Church of Our Lady Mary look like?
(a) A church covered in marble.
(b) A church covered in statues.
(c) A plain, unadorned church.
(d) It has exquisite wood carvings and a vaulted roof of sky blue studded with stars.

15. What is the people group whom Ivan is asking for help demanding?
(a) The Polish people say they will help if they can have the crystal.
(b) The Russian people say they will help if they can have the crystal.
(c) The Tartars say they will help if they can have the crystal.
(d) The Ukrainians say they will help if they can have the crystal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is noticeable about the music being played?

2. When Peter is in the tower, Joseph finally learns the name of the crystal. What is it?

3. How does Kreutz explain his mental state to Tring?

4. What other important piece of information does Pan Andrew provide when at the palace?

5. When the 12 men see the explosions, who do they tell their leader they are afraid of?

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