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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. In Chapter 11, to whom does the author say Pan Andrew's treasure is to go?
(a) To Stefan Ostrovsky.
(b) To Jan Kanty.
(c) To Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) To the king of Poland.

2. What is done to help fight the fire?
(a) The women start throwing buckets of water on the fire.
(b) Firemen are called in to help stop the fire.
(c) Buckets of water are thrown on the center of the fire.
(d) A line is drawn by tearing down adjacent buildings to keep it from spreading further.

3. How is the Vistula River different?
(a) It is dried up.
(b) It now swings far to the left and surrounds the new city.
(c) It plunges striaght through the Krakow plain.
(d) It turns at Wawel Hill.

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

5. What do men and women of the twentieth century think of when they hear the music?
(a) They think of Pan Andrew Charnetski.
(b) They think of the Great Tarnov Crystal.
(c) They think of Joseph Charnetski.
(d) They think of the days whe the young life was given to country, God, and duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes what the king does with Peter of the Button Face?

2. What happens at the end of the meeting with the king?

3. Whose help is Ivan the Great seeking for what he wants?

4. Where does the reader learn Peter of the Button Face is going after having left Krakow for a few months?

5. What is the chief glory of the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ancient legend of Krakus?

2. When Jan Kanty arrives at the tower with Kreutz in Chapter 14, what does Pan Andrew observe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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