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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pan Andrew describe the individual who he thinks stole the treasure?
(a) Half Polish, half Ukrainian.
(b) Half Mongol, half Polish.
(c) Half Mongol, half Cossack.
(d) Half Cossack, half Ukrainian.

2. Where does the reader learn Peter of the Button Face is going after having left Krakow for a few months?
(a) Back to Krakow.
(b) To the Urkaine.
(c) To Kiev.
(d) To Russia.

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

4. Who is questioned in the king's chambers?
(a) Peter of the Button Face.
(b) Jan Kanty.
(c) Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) Michael the Snake.

5. When Pan Andrew arrives home after the explosions, what does he find?
(a) That his wife is missing.
(b) That his son is missing.
(c) That his treasure is missing.
(d) That his trumpet is missing.

6. What reason does Pan Andrew give for almost losing everything he has?
(a) The Great Tarnov Crystal.
(b) The Philosopher's Stone.
(c) Michael the Snake.
(d) The Tartars.

7. 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.

8. Once help is summoned in Chapter 12, what happens?
(a) The king and his men save Pan Andrew from the tower.
(b) Peter and his men flee the tower when they see the watchmen coming.
(c) The thirty watchmen free Pan Andrew and remove the thieves.
(d) Peter and his men attack the Krakow watchmen and take Kanty hostage.

9. After he reveals the secrets, what does Kreutz tell Tring he is ready to do?
(a) Flee to Kiev and continue experiments there.
(b) Become a priest.
(c) Give the crystal back to its rightful owner.
(d) Another experiment.

10. Who does Pan Andrew say is intent on stealing the crystal?
(a) Peter of the Button Face.
(b) Nicholas Kreutz.
(c) Michael the Snake.
(d) Jan Kanty.

11. What happens to Peter of the Button Face's hair?
(a) It turns bright red.
(b) It turns blue.
(c) Kreutz sets it on fire using an explosive powder.
(d) Kreutz sets a spell on it and it becomes curly.

12. 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.

13. What piece of music is being played?
(a) The National Anthem of Poland.
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) The Heynal.
(d) The Russian National Anthem.

14. While in the trance in Chapter 13, what does Kreutz do?
(a) He talks about his niece.
(b) He walks to the king's palace.
(c) He mixes chemicals so that there is an explosion.
(d) He returns the crystal to Pan Andrew.

15. What is the other secret that Kreutz reveals to Tring?
(a) He tells him that he has found the secret to making gold.
(b) He tells him that the Kovalskis are really the Charnetskis.
(c) He tells him that Ivan of Russia is giving him a castle.
(d) He tells him that his niece really is not related to him at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best description of Krakow at the time the novel was written?

2. How do Peter and his men enter the tower?

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

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

5. With what does Peter threaten Joseph before he sends him away with Michael?

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