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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. In Chapter 5, when Joseph returns from his walk with the dog, what does he see?
(a) His father, his mother, and a stranger.
(b) His father, a stranger, and a trumpet.
(c) His father, Kreutz, and Kanty.
(d) His father, a stranger, and the pumpkin.

2. Where are the trumpeter's mother and sister as Poland is being attacked?
(a) With his father in the castle.
(b) With his brother in Kiev.
(c) With cousins in Moravia.
(d) With cousins in Krakow.

3. What does Elzbietka confess to Joseph in Chapter 8?
(a) That she thinks her uncle is possessed by Tring.
(b) That she is in love with Joseph.
(c) That she wants to leave her uncle.
(d) That she saw a murder occur.

4. In what year do the Tartars attack Poland?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1241.
(c) 1592.
(d) 1823.

5. Who lives below the Charnetskis?
(a) Johann Tring.
(b) Andrew Tenczynski.
(c) An old woman and her son.
(d) Stefan Ostrovski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scene Joseph sees when he first goes to explore the marketplace?

2. In Chapter 7, what tempting thing does Tring tell Kreutz?

3. During their first meeting, what offer of Jan Kanty's does Pan Andrew make he declines?

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

5. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the agreement that Elzbietka and Joseph make to one another when in the tower in Chapter 8.

3. What are the aspects of Pan Andrew's job?

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

5. Describe the caravan from Chapter 1.

6. Describe why the last note the trumpeter plays is broken.

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

8. List some of the things that Joseph sees and hears as he first sets his sights on the city in Chapter 2.

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

10. How does Joseph know that the stranger is an enemy in Chapter 1?

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