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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. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?
(a) Wait at the palace gates for Pan Andrew Tenczynski to return.
(b) Leave or live in the city under an assumed name.
(c) Go find the king in a neighboring city.
(d) Live in the city openly and freely.

2. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?
(a) He has learned how to make gold from the Philosopher's Stone.
(b) He has learned how to play his father's trumpet.
(c) He has learned how to sell goods in the marketplace.
(d) He has learned how to make the staircase more sturdy.

3. What is unusual about the staircase that leads to the Charnetskis' new dwelling?
(a) It is curved.
(b) It is shaky and rickety.
(c) It is steep.
(d) It is painted different colors.

4. How old is the trumpeter when Poland is attacked?
(a) Thirty-nine or forty.
(b) Nineteen or twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Ten or eleven.

5. What heroic act does Joseph do while in the marketplace?
(a) He bravely rescues a young girl from a dog's attack.
(b) He saves his mother from an angry mob.
(c) He saves his father from being attacked by Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) He catches a Tartar trying to steal food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jan Kanty well respected in Krakow?

2. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?

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

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

5. During their first meeting, what offer of Jan Kanty's does Pan Andrew make he declines?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe the Tartars.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

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