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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In taking the job, what does Pan Andrew promise to do?
(a) He vows to help Kreutz with his experiements without telling anyone about them.
(b) He vows to play Heynal on the trumpet every hour throughout the night.
(c) He vows to write down whatever the king needs, at any time of day.
(d) He vows to play the Heynal on the trumpet every hour throughout the day.

3. What is the most accurate description of the Tartar army?
(a) It is a large, efficient group that moves through a town in a day.
(b) It is a small but slow group that takes days to pass through a town.
(c) It is so numerous that it takes days for them to pass through an area.
(d) It is very large, but they run through each town quickly.

4. How old is the trumpeter when Poland is attacked?
(a) Nineteen or twenty.
(b) Thirty-nine or forty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Ten or eleven.

5. Why do the men in the caravan carry weapons?
(a) Because they are on their way to protect Krakow.
(b) Because they need to defend themselves against thieves.
(c) Because they are worried about the Tartars attacking them.
(d) Because they are going hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he ponders the attack on Krakow, of what is the trumpeter proud?

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

3. What does the stranger tell a group of people Pan Andrew did that makes them angry?

4. Who lives below the Charnetskis?

5. When Joseph first hears the trumpeter play from the Church of Our Lady Mary, what surprises him?

(see the answer key)

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