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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 Joseph tell Elzbietka that he will do if he is every attacked in the tower?
(a) Play the Heynal but stop at the broken note.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Play the Heynal in its entirety without stopping at the broken note.
(d) Kill his attacker.

2. What does Joseph Charnetski see as he is riding in the back of the wagon while in the caravan?
(a) A single rider barge rudely through the caravan.
(b) A beautiful woman fall off her horse.
(c) A child fall off of a wagon.
(d) A man stealing good from another wagon.

3. How old is Joseph Charnetski?
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

4. When Joseph awakens from his nap in Chapter 4, what does he see his father doing?
(a) He sees him studying with Kanty.
(b) He sees him practicing the trumpet.
(c) He sees him helping Kanty talk to the peasants.
(d) He sees him cutting the rind away from the pumpkin.

5. What is the name provided as the stranger approaches the individual wagon in the caravan?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) Andrew Charnetski.
(c) Jan Kanty.
(d) Irene Witkowski.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to steal something from the Charnetski apartment?

2. What is the name of the fortress and castle of the king of Poland on a hill above the Vistula River?

3. After Elzbietka makes her promise to Joseph, what do they see?

4. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?

5. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain how the Polish people feel as they have to leave their villages because they know the Tartars are arriving.

5. In Chapter 1, after the stranger offers to buy the item sitting in Pan Andrew's wagon, what happens?

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

7. Why does Joseph catch the wolf dog in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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