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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) Irene Witkowski.
(b) Jan Kanty.
(c) Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) Andrew Charnetski.

2. Why do the men in the caravan carry weapons?
(a) Because they are on their way to protect Krakow.
(b) Because they need to defend themselves against thieves.
(c) Because they are going hunting.
(d) Because they are worried about the Tartars attacking them.

3. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?
(a) Peasants riding horses.
(b) One-horse wagons piled high with goods for the marketplace with drivers walking alongside the carts.
(c) Peasants walking and carrying their belongings.
(d) Multiple horse carriages with the drivers riding in them.

4. Why is Krakow is a safe haven?
(a) There is room for many people.
(b) It has a lot of weapons.
(c) It has experienced warriors.
(d) The king's palace provides extra walls of protection for the refugees.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joseph do when Pan Andrew is fighting with the stranger in the caravan?

3. What is the stranger's real name?

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

5. How does Pan Andrew tell time while he is working?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Pan Andrew Charnetski tell the guard when he arrives at the palace gates and what is the guard's response?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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