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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. When the 12 men see the explosions, who do they tell their leader they are afraid of?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) The Evil One, or the Devil.
(c) Joseph Charnetski.
(d) Pan Andrew Charnetski.

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

3. How do Peter and his men enter the tower?
(a) They find an open door up to the tower.
(b) Stas attacks the watchman and steals the key to the tower.
(c) They follow Joseph up the stairs.
(d) "The Snake" attacks the watchman and steals the key to the tower.

4. What does the king give to Pan Andrew?
(a) He returns the crystal to him.
(b) He gives him a room at the palace.
(c) He gives him a heavy gold chain.
(d) He gives him a spot in the king's guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Joseph amazed to see in the custody of king's palace guard after the fire?

2. What reason does Pan Andrew give for being at the palace in Chapter 15?

3. What is the other secret that Kreutz reveals to Tring?

4. Where is the music being played in the church?

5. What does the king learn about Ivan the Great?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the ancient legend of Krakus?

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

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

7. Describe the Vistula River as it is explained in the Epilogue.

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

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

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