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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. Which two people get in a scuffle in Pan Andrew's apartment after the explosions in the Charnetski apartment?
(a) The alchemist and Jan Kanty.
(b) Peter of the Button Face and Jan Kanty.
(c) Peter of the Button Face and the alchemist.
(d) Nicholas Kreutz and Andrew Charnetski.

2. Which description best describes the Tarnov Crystal?
(a) An often discussed wonder that Tartar parents tell their children about.
(b) A tiny crystal that no one has known about until recently.
(c) A crystal that the Tartars do not know about yet.
(d) A dull but enormous stone.

3. What happens to Peter of the Button Face's hair?
(a) It turns bright red.
(b) Kreutz sets it on fire using an explosive powder.
(c) It turns blue.
(d) Kreutz sets a spell on it and it becomes curly.

4. What is the best description of the explosions referenced in the Charnetskis' apartment?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Balls of aqua shooting out into the air.
(c) Balls of red fire shooting out into the air.
(d) Gun fire.

5. What does Kreutz say he has done to obtain the item he places in the middle of the room?
(a) He says that he stole it and has perjured his soul.
(b) He says that he had to lie to get the stone.
(c) He says that he asked permission from the king to get the stone.
(d) He says that he had to kill someone to get the stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is questioned in the king's chambers?

2. What is the name of Peter of the Button Face's assistant when they attack the church?

3. What is done to help fight the fire?

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

5. Of what is Krakow the center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Kreutz actually mixes the ingredients to make the Philosopher's Stone in Chapter 13?

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

3. In Chapter 10, Peter of the Button Face is scared as he watches red balls of fire fall. Despite his fear, what does he do?

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

5. What do Jan Kanty and the king decide to do about the crystal in Chapter 16?

6. In Chapter 13, what is Tring's reaction when he sees the Great Tarnov Crystal in the middle of Kreutz's loft?

7. What does Peter of the Button Face do to break into the tower in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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