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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Tartars reach Krakow for the attack in 1241, what do they do?
(a) Take hostages for several weeks and then release them.
(b) Are defeated by the people of Krakow.
(c) See that is was a small city and leave.
(d) Burn the outlying villages and pillage the districts around the churches.

2. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?
(a) Allah.
(b) The god of the sun.
(c) Buddah.
(d) Jesus Christ.

3. Despite the fact that he knows he might die as he faces the Tartars in 1241, what does the trumpeter decide to do?
(a) Sound the trumpet for the lost people of Kiev.
(b) Try to kill the Tartars he sees.
(c) Flee to the castle.
(d) Sound the Heynal for Poland and Our Lady.

4. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?
(a) He is saved because someone hears him playing and rescues him.
(b) He is filled with a sense of triumph and joy at his bravery.
(c) He is timid and meek.
(d) He is fearful and trembles as he plays.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?

2. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?

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

4. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

5. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?

(see the answer key)

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