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

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

3. What does Kreutz say about trances and experiments?
(a) That the people of Lvov are experts at doing them.
(b) That the people of Krakow have always embraced them.
(c) That the people of Kiev are experts at doing them.
(d) That the people of Krakow have always been weary of them.

4. What is the name of the fortress and castle of the king of Poland on a hill above the Vistula River?
(a) Mazovia.
(b) St. Ann.
(c) Cloth Hall.
(d) Wawel.

5. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?
(a) He is timid and meek.
(b) He is fearful and trembles as he plays.
(c) He is saved because someone hears him playing and rescues him.
(d) He is filled with a sense of triumph and joy at his bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jan Kanty meets the Charnetski family for the first time, what does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty?

2. What is the new last name of the Charnetski family?

3. When the stranger gives Stas instructions in Chapter 9, what is Stas' only task?

4. What is the stranger's real name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joseph's father being accused of in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, is Peter of the Button Face successful in obtaining the treasure?

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

6. Explain why many people seek Jan Kanty's advice.

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

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

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

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

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