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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most accurate description of the Tartars' appearance?
(a) Short, dark men with beards and long, braided hair.
(b) Short, pale men with shaved heads.
(c) Tall, pale men with beards and long, braided hair.
(d) Tall, dark men with shaved heads.

2. How old is Joseph Charnetski?
(a) 15.
(b) 55.
(c) 35.
(d) 45.

3. In what year do the Tartars attack Poland?
(a) 1241.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1592.

4. As Chapter 1 opens, which of the following describes the caravan?
(a) One-horse wagons piled high with goods for the marketplace with drivers walking alongside the carts.
(b) Peasants walking and carrying their belongings.
(c) Multiple horse carriages with the drivers riding in them.
(d) Peasants riding horses.

5. When is the broken note first played?
(a) As the trumpeter is killed with the bow and arrow from the Tartar.
(b) As the trumpeter's trumpet breaks.
(c) When the Tartars pick up the song where the trumpeter left off.
(d) As the trumpeter's trumpet is knocked out of his hands by the Tartar's arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?

2. When the Tartars attack Krakow in the 1200s, what do the Polish people decide to do?

3. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?

4. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?

5. Why is Krakow is a safe haven?

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