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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 best describes how the music is played in the Epilogue?
(a) One time the trumpter sounds the Heynal.
(b) Five times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal.
(c) Four times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.
(d) Four times the flutist sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.

2. With what does Peter threaten Joseph before he sends him away with Michael?
(a) Peter says he will kill Joseph if he does not return with the crystal.
(b) Peter tells Joseph he will kill his mother if Joseph does not return with the crystal.
(c) Peter says he will kill Elzbietka if Joseph does not return with the gold.
(d) Peter tells Joseph he will kill Pan Andrew if Joseph does not return with the crystal.

3. Where does Pan Andrew think his treasure is once he discovers it missing?
(a) With Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) With Peter of the Button Face.
(c) With Stas.
(d) With Ivan of Russia.

4. Who arrives in the modern city of Krakow?
(a) People from all Poland come to study and live.
(b) The Russians arrive to attack it.
(c) The Ukrainians arrive to attack it.
(d) The Tartars arrive to attack it.

5. When Peter talks to Pan Andrew, what information does Pan Andrew give that Peter refuses to believe?
(a) Pan Andrew says that his wife stole the treasure.
(b) Pan Andrew says that Stas stole the treasure.
(c) Pan Andrew says that Jan Kanty stole the treasure.
(d) Pan Andrew says that he does not have the treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king give to Pan Andrew?

2. What does every citizen in Krakow have in their homes?

3. Once she receives her clue that Joseph is in trouble, what does Elzbietka do?

4. What is the chief glory of the city?

5. In Chapter 14, who descends on the Street of Pigeons and why?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pan Andrew tell the king about the Great Tarnov Crystal in Chapter 15?

2. As of 1928, as described in the Epilogue, why do people go to the city of Krakow?

3. Describe the chief glory of the city of Krakow as it is explained in the Epilogue.

4. Describe how the Epilogue explains the Heynal is played.

5. What is Kreutz's explanation to Tring for how he obtained the crystal?

6. What does the inside of the Church of Our Lady Mary look like?

7. Describe how the people of Krakow put out fires in general and in Chapter 14.

8. What does Peter of the Button Face say to the king regarding why he is in Krakow in Chapter 15?

9. Explain what happens after Kreutz grabs the crystal from the king's hands.

10. When Kreutz reveals that he has the crystal in Chapter 14, describe his feelings.

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