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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) Four times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.
(b) Four times the flutist sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.
(c) Five times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal.
(d) One time the trumpter sounds the Heynal.

2. What do the people try to do with their possessions during the fire?
(a) Because the fire is contained quickly, they just have to do some clean up in their dwellings.
(b) They sell their possessions.
(c) They try to quickly rescue as much as they can from the fire.
(d) They take them to the king's palace to help his family.

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

4. What does Kreutz hand over to Pan Andrew once at the tower in Chapter 14?
(a) He hands him the directions for the chemicals to make the huge red explosions.
(b) He hands him the Philosopher's Stone.
(c) He hands him the directions to where the Great Tarnov Crystal has been buried.
(d) He hands him the Great Tarnov Crystal.

5. What happens at the end of the meeting with the king?
(a) Kreutz grabs the crystal from the king's hands.
(b) Pan Andrew grabs the crystal from the king's hands.
(c) Jan Kanty grabs the crystal from the king's hands.
(d) Kreutz grabs the crystal from Pan Andrew's hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the statues in the Church of Our Lady Mary?

2. After Tring learns Kreutz's secrets, what order does Tring give Kreutz?

3. What piece of music is being played?

4. Why is Tring angry with the information from Kreutz about his mental state?

5. What other important piece of information does Pan Andrew provide when at the palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sounds does the Epilogue say one hears coming from the church?

2. As Peter tries to escape in Chapter 10, what does Kreutz do?

3. In Chapter 10, what happens on the rickety stairway that leads to the Charnetski family apartment?

4. Explain what happens to the Charnetski family at the end of Chapter 16.

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

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

7. What is the threat Peter of the Button Face gives to Joseph before Michael the Snake takes Joseph from the tower in Chapter 11?

8. After Peter and his men are arrested and Joseph returns to the tower in Chapter 12, what is it that confuses Pan Andrew?

9. 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?

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

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