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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the Charnetski family settles into their new life, what is included in Joseph's nightly routine?
(a) He sits with Jan Kanty and learns from him.
(b) He goes to sleep early because he has to go to school the next morning.
(c) He stays at work with his father all night.
(d) He goes to work with his father and then returns home to his mother.

2. What kind of job does Jan Kanty arrange for Pan Andrew?
(a) The job of the king's scribe.
(b) The job of Kanty's assistant.
(c) The job of Kreutz's assistant.
(d) The job of the trumpter at the Church of Our Lady Mary.

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 that stops mid-note.
(b) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Ukraine.
(c) He is surprised to hear the Heynal played in its entirety
(d) He is surprised to hear the National Anthem of Poland.

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

5. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?
(a) He has learned how to sell goods in the marketplace.
(b) He has learned how to play his father's trumpet.
(c) He has learned how to make gold from the Philosopher's Stone.
(d) He has learned how to make the staircase more sturdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?

2. By what name do the Polish people know the stranger?

3. As the Charnetski family walks to their apartment for the first time, what does Jan Kanty break up?

4. What distresses Kreutz as he listens to Tring?

5. What does Kreutz say about trances and experiments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the people of Poland feel when they hear that the Tartars are marching toward their land?

2. What does the reader learn about the stranger in Chapter 8?

3. What was the meeting between Joseph and Stas like in the courtyard as described in Chapter 6?

4. What are some of the things that Joseph notices when he spies on Tring and Kreutz in Chapter 7?

5. Provide some characteristics of the new lodgings for the Charnetski family.

6. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

7. Describe the Tartars.

8. Why do the Polish people decide not to defend Krakow and let the Tartars pillage their city?

9. In Chapter 4, what occurs when the Charnetski family accompanies Jan Kanty to his home?

10. Explain how the city of Krakow reacts to the villagers fleeing.

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