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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. What valuable information does Stas give to the stranger about Joseph's family?
(a) Stas tells the stranger that Joseph's family is related to the king.
(b) Stas tells the stranger their new name and Joseph's father's occupation.
(c) Stas tells the stranger that Pan Andrew's cousin was killed.
(d) Stas tells the stranger where Joseph is going to school.

2. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?
(a) He needs to decide whether to chase Pan Andrew or the horse.
(b) She needs to decide whether to go to the market or go home.
(c) He needs to decide whether to kidnap Joseph or go back to Krakow.
(d) He needs to decide whether to steal the goods or chase the horse.

3. What does the stranger tell a group of people Pan Andrew did that makes them angry?
(a) He says that Pan Andrew has escaped from prison.
(b) He says that Pan Andrew stole the king's jewels.
(c) He says that Pan Andrew was really a Tartar in a peasant's clothing.
(d) He says Pan Andrew cut off his brother's head and turned it into a pumpkin.

4. When the Tartars attack Krakow in the 1200s, what do the Polish people decide to do?
(a) They decide to prepare to attack the Tartars outside the castle gates.
(b) They decide to send armies out of the castle gates to meet the Tartars.
(c) They decide to flee the castle gates once the Tartars approach.
(d) They decide to not defend the city outside of the gates of Wawel.

5. On the night in Chapter 7 when Joseph sees Elzbietka, what does she tell him she is worried about?
(a) She does not trust Tring and has noticed a change in her uncle.
(b) She is worried about the Tartars attacking.
(c) She is worried about the man who lives downstairs with the old woman.
(d) She is worried about her upcoming exams at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the staircase that leads to the Charnetskis' new dwelling?

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

3. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?

4. When Elzbietka asks Joseph why women are not allowed to study at the university, what is his answer?

5. Who lives above the Charnetskis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, on the night that Elzbietka tells Joseph that Johann Tring is with her uncle, what else does she tell him about Kreutz?

3. Explain the feelings of the trumpeter as he plays for the last time.

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

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

6. In Chapter 8, Stas identifies Joseph and Elzbietka to a stranger. What information does he provide to the stranger?

7. In Chapter 5, when Kanty and the Charnetski family go to the lodgings Joseph has found, what do they witness on their way?

8. How does Peter of the Button Face plan to break into Pan Andrew's apartment and steal the treasure in Chapter 9?

9. Describe the Tartars.

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

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