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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Charnetskis are waiting to see their apartment for the first time, which activity of Jan Kanty's do they witness?

2. Who accompanies the Charnetski family and Jan Kanty to their new dwelling in Chapter 5?

3. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?

4. In Chapter 2, whom does Pan Andrew say he has to come to see?

5. What does the stranger offer to Stas for agreeing to spy on Joseph's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the people of Poland feel when they hear that the Tartars are marching toward their land?

2. In Chapter 5, when Kanty and the Charnetski family go to the lodgings Joseph has found, what do they witness on their way?

3. What does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty in Chapter 4 once the mob scene has dissipated?

4. Explain how the city of Krakow reacts to the villagers fleeing.

5. Describe the oath that the trumpeter takes.

6. Provide some characteristics of the new lodgings for the Charnetski family.

7. Describe the agreement that Elzbietka and Joseph make to one another when in the tower in Chapter 8.

8. Describe the caravan from Chapter 1.

9. What are the aspects of Pan Andrew's job?

10. How does Peter of the Button Face plan to break into Pan Andrew's apartment and steal the treasure in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the fire. Discuss how the solution today for putting out fires is the same as the solution was in the Middle Ages. Compare today's methods of solving the problem with the methods of solving the problem in the Middle Ages. Do you think that the Middle Ages' method of putting out fires was smart and effective? Other than to teach a historically accurate event, why do you think the author goes to such great lengths to describe the methods of putting out the fire?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think about the throwing of the crystal into the river? Why do you think the author concludes in this manner? Do you think the act of throwing the crystal away is symbolism for a cultural belief? If so, what do you think that symbolism is?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Nicholas Kreutz and Johann Tring. Is Johann Tring truly evil, or does he just misunderstand the power of superstition? Why do you think the author portrays Kreutz as powerless against the trances of Tring? Do you think the author should have handled this conflict differently?

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