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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Jan Kanty meets the Charnetski family for the first time, what does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty?
(a) He explains that he is in some trouble even though he has done nothing wrong.
(b) He explains that his wife is expecting a baby and they need a place to stay.
(c) He explains that he is a friend of the king and wants to serve in his guard.
(d) He explains that his son has stolen something and they need to go into hiding.

2. Which best describes the Tartars?
(a) Inexperienced warriors.
(b) Compassionate people who invade but do not do much damage.
(c) Peaceful people who just want some more land.
(d) Like wild beasts who leave nothing alive.

3. What does Joseph do when Pan Andrew is fighting with the stranger in the caravan?
(a) He unloads the goods from the wagon.
(b) He drives the carriage for his father.
(c) He helps to break up the fight.
(d) He lets the stranger's horse loose.

4. In the midst of all the destruction after the attack on Krakow, there is one Polish person left alive. Who is it?
(a) The trumpeter of Wawel.
(b) The trumpeter of the Church of Our Lady Mary.
(c) The king of Krakow.
(d) The trumpeter of Kiev.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What valuable information does Stas give to the stranger about Joseph's family?

2. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?

3. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?

4. After they leave Jan Kanty's house, what does Joseph's father tell him he can keep?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the tower from which Pan Andrew has to perform his job.

2. What was the meeting between Joseph and Stas like in the courtyard as described in Chapter 6?

3. Describe the Tartars.

4. Explain what Joseph Charnetski does and what he realizes when the stranger initially rides up to him while in the caravan in Chapter 1.

5. In Chapter 5, when Kanty and the Charnetski family go to the lodgings Joseph has found, what do they witness on their way?

6. What does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty in Chapter 4 once the mob scene has dissipated?

7. What does the reader learn about the stranger in Chapter 8?

8. Explain how the city of Krakow reacts to the villagers fleeing.

9. Describe the caravan from Chapter 1.

10. How does Peter of the Button Face plan to break into Pan Andrew's apartment and steal the treasure in Chapter 9?

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