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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Peter of the Button Face's hair?
(a) Kreutz sets it on fire using an explosive powder.
(b) It turns bright red.
(c) It turns blue.
(d) Kreutz sets a spell on it and it becomes curly.

2. After Tring learns Kreutz's secrets, what order does Tring give Kreutz?
(a) To look into the crystal.
(b) To get ready to go to Kiev.
(c) To go to Pan Andrew.
(d) To go to the king.

3. Because Pan Andrew is so depressed about the treasure being gone, what does Joseph often do?
(a) He cheers him up by finding the treasure.
(b) He does all of the marketplace shopping for the family.
(c) He gets his father an audience with the king.
(d) He lets his father sleep and plays the Heynal on the trumpet through the night.

4. When Joseph further investigates Elzbietka's concerns, what does he see?
(a) He sees Kreutz and Tring staring into a cauldron that is spouting colorful flames.
(b) He sees the Tartars coming into the city.
(c) He sees that she hasn't done her homework and won't be prepared for her exams.
(d) He sees the man training with a bow and arrow.

5. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?
(a) To play the National Anthem every morning.
(b) To sound the trumpet each hour of the day and night until death.
(c) To defend the country.
(d) To warn the people inside the castle of the coming Tartars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what tempting thing does Tring tell Kreutz?

2. What happens to Kreutz's apartment?

3. Who arrives at the tower with Nicholas Kreutz?

4. What do the people try to do with their possessions during the fire?

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

(see the answer key)

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