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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. Whose help is Ivan the Great seeking for what he wants?
(a) He needs the help of the Polish people.
(b) He needs the help of his own countrymen.
(c) He needs the help of the Ukrainians.
(d) He needs the help of the Tartars.

2. After the explosions, what is the new nickname of Peter of the Button Face?
(a) Bodgan of the Buttons.
(b) Bodgan of the Hair.
(c) Bodgan of the Fire.
(d) Bogdan of the Singed Locks.

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

4. What is the best description of the music heard in the Church of Our Lady Mary?
(a) The organ playing horrible music.
(b) Notes float down from above like God's own music from heaven.
(c) A flute playing the Heynal.
(d) The organ playing beautiful hymns.

5. How much of the city is destroyed by the fire?
(a) Just the houses on the Street of Pigeons.
(b) Just the University buildings.
(c) One third of the entire city.
(d) Almost the entire city.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pan Andrew arrives home after the explosions, what does he find?

2. What makes the leader of the twelve men shriek and tremble?

3. About what is Pan Andrew troubled after help is summoned?

4. Which description best describes the Tarnov Crystal?

5. How is the Vistula River different?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 11 explains that something has changed with Peter of the Button Face. Describe the changes.

2. When Tring puts Kreutz into a trance in Chapter 13, what important information does Kreutz give to Tring?

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Elzbietka hears the Heynal played in its entirety as described in Chapter 12, where is she and what does she do?

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

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

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