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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pan Andrew describe the individual who he thinks stole the treasure?
(a) Half Mongol, half Cossack.
(b) Half Mongol, half Polish.
(c) Half Polish, half Ukrainian.
(d) Half Cossack, half Ukrainian.

2. Where is the music being played in the church?
(a) In the basement of the church.
(b) At the front of the church.
(c) At one of the open tower windows.
(d) Outside of the church.

3. What does Kreutz say he has done to obtain the item he places in the middle of the room?
(a) He says that he had to kill someone to get the stone.
(b) He says that he had to lie to get the stone.
(c) He says that he stole it and has perjured his soul.
(d) He says that he asked permission from the king to get the stone.

4. With what does Peter threaten Joseph before he sends him away with Michael?
(a) Peter tells Joseph he will kill his mother if Joseph does not return with the crystal.
(b) Peter tells Joseph he will kill Pan Andrew if Joseph does not return with the crystal.
(c) Peter says he will kill Elzbietka if Joseph does not return with the gold.
(d) Peter says he will kill Joseph if he does not return with the crystal.

5. In Chapter 16, what happens to the Great Tarnov Crystal?
(a) Pan Andrew throws it into the Vistula River but Kreutz retrives it.
(b) Kreutz throws it into the Vistula River, where it remains.
(c) The king keeps it in the palace for safe-keeping.
(d) Kreutz throws it into the Vistula River but the king's guard retrieves it.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Kreutz tell Tring?
(a) That he wants to tell the king about the crystal.
(b) That he thinks they should flee to Kiev with the Philosopher's Stone.
(c) That he no longer wishes to participate in their experiments.
(d) That he wants to use the Philosopher's Stone to make gold.

7. Which two people get in a scuffle in Pan Andrew's apartment after the explosions in the Charnetski apartment?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz and Andrew Charnetski.
(b) Peter of the Button Face and the alchemist.
(c) Peter of the Button Face and Jan Kanty.
(d) The alchemist and Jan Kanty.

8. Whose help is Ivan the Great seeking for what he wants?
(a) He needs the help of the Ukrainians.
(b) He needs the help of the Tartars.
(c) He needs the help of the Polish people.
(d) He needs the help of his own countrymen.

9. Once Tring sees what Kreutz puts in the middle of the room, what does he understand?
(a) He understands why Kreutz is so worried about his niece.
(b) He understands why Stas disappeared.
(c) He understands why Kreutz is in frequent trances.
(d) He understands why the Tartars hate the Polish people so much.

10. How is the Vistula River different?
(a) It plunges striaght through the Krakow plain.
(b) It turns at Wawel Hill.
(c) It now swings far to the left and surrounds the new city.
(d) It is dried up.

11. What do the people try to do with their possessions during the fire?
(a) They try to quickly rescue as much as they can from the fire.
(b) Because the fire is contained quickly, they just have to do some clean up in their dwellings.
(c) They take them to the king's palace to help his family.
(d) They sell their possessions.

12. After the explosions, what is the new nickname of Peter of the Button Face?
(a) Bodgan of the Fire.
(b) Bodgan of the Hair.
(c) Bogdan of the Singed Locks.
(d) Bodgan of the Buttons.

13. What is done to help fight the fire?
(a) Firemen are called in to help stop the fire.
(b) A line is drawn by tearing down adjacent buildings to keep it from spreading further.
(c) The women start throwing buckets of water on the fire.
(d) Buckets of water are thrown on the center of the fire.

14. Who arrives at the tower with Nicholas Kreutz?
(a) Jan Kanty arrives with Kreutz.
(b) Pan Andrew arrives with Kreutz.
(c) Peter of the Button Face arrives with Kreutz.
(d) Elzbietka arrives with Kreutz.

15. What is the best description of Krakow at the time the novel was written?
(a) All Gothic architecture.
(b) All Roman architecture.
(c) All Modern architecture.
(d) Gothic in every corner and gable except for a few Romanesque walls and arches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the 12 men see the explosions, who do they tell their leader they are afraid of?

2. What does the inside of the Church of Our Lady Mary look like?

3. Who is Krakus?

4. Once Peter and his men are in the tower, what confuses Pan Andrew and Joseph?

5. What does Kreutz hand over to Pan Andrew once at the tower in Chapter 14?

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