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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 story does Pan Andrew tell Joseph when Joseph accompanies him to his new place of work for the first time?
(a) The story of his cousin.
(b) The story of their ancestors.
(c) The story of the pumpkin and the crystal.
(d) The story of the trumpeter and the broken note.

2. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?
(a) Head towards the army and try to attack them before they arrive in the village.
(b) Leave their homes with their belongings to try to escape.
(c) Stay in their villages and negotiate with the Tartars.
(d) Gather up all of their ammunition to defend themselves.

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

4. By what name do the Polish people know the stranger?
(a) Peter of the Wolf Dogs.
(b) Bogdan the Fearful.
(c) Bogdan the Terrible.
(d) Peter of the Button Face.

5. After his father's job is secured, what does Joseph learn he will be doing?
(a) He will be helping his father as the king's scribe.
(b) He will be selling goods in the marketplace.
(c) He will be going to school.
(d) He will be helping Jan Kanty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph awakens from his nap in Chapter 4, what does he see his father doing?

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

3. While in the caravan, which of the stranger's orders does Joseph Charnetski follow?

4. Who hears the instructions given to Stas by the stranger?

5. What has a Russian ruler offered the stranger in return for something he wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the Tartars.

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

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