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

2. Who lives above the Charnetskis?
(a) Kreutz and his neice.
(b) Andrew Tenczynski.
(c) Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) Johann Tring.

3. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?
(a) Kazimir Jagiello and Jan Kanty.
(b) A guard and a Tartar.
(c) Elzbietka and Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) Jan Kanty and Stefan Ostrovski.

4. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?
(a) The god of the sun.
(b) Buddah.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Allah.

5. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?
(a) See that is was a small city and leave.
(b) Take hostages for several weeks and then release them.
(c) Burn the outlying villages and pillage the districts around the churches.
(d) Are defeated by the people of Krakow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does the Charnetskis' new dwelling have?

2. What does Pan Andrew say to Joseph when Joseph asks what is lighting up the room?

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

4. Which best describes the Tartars?

5. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty in Chapter 4 once the mob scene has dissipated?

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

3. Explain what Joseph Charnetski does and what he realizes when the stranger initially rides up to him while in the caravan in Chapter 1.

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

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

6. Describe the Tartars.

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

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

9. Describe the tower from which Pan Andrew has to perform his job.

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

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