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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 hearing Pan Andrew's story, what advice does Jan Kanty provide?
(a) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should change his name and sell his horses.
(b) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go find the king in a neighboring city.
(c) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go watch the marketplace for the stranger.
(d) Kanty tells Pan Andrew that he should go back to his home.

2. Where is the Charnetski family going with the caravan?
(a) They are traveling to Ukraine.
(b) They are traveling to Lvov.
(c) They are traveling to Krakow.
(d) They are traveling to Kiev.

3. Who lives below the Charnetskis?
(a) Johann Tring.
(b) An old woman and her son.
(c) Andrew Tenczynski.
(d) Stefan Ostrovski.

4. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?
(a) Go find the king in a neighboring city.
(b) Live in the city openly and freely.
(c) Leave or live in the city under an assumed name.
(d) Wait at the palace gates for Pan Andrew Tenczynski to return.

5. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?
(a) He needs to decide whether to chase Pan Andrew or the horse.
(b) He needs to decide whether to steal the goods or chase the horse.
(c) She needs to decide whether to go to the market or go home.
(d) He needs to decide whether to kidnap Joseph or go back to Krakow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Joseph learned to do by the time fall arrives?

2. How does Pan Andrew Charnetski know the stranger is not Polish?

3. What does Pan Andrew say to Joseph when Joseph asks what is lighting up the room?

4. When is the broken note first played?

5. As the Charnetski family walks to their apartment for the first time, what does Jan Kanty break up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the agreement that Elzbietka and Joseph make to one another when in the tower in Chapter 8.

3. Describe how the people of Poland feel when they hear that the Tartars are marching toward their land?

4. Describe the Tartars.

5. Why do the Polish people decide not to defend Krakow and let the Tartars pillage their city?

6. In Chapter 9, is Peter of the Button Face successful in obtaining the treasure?

7. In Chapter 7, on the night that Elzbietka tells Joseph that Johann Tring is with her uncle, what else does she tell him about Kreutz?

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

9. In Chapter 1, after the stranger offers to buy the item sitting in Pan Andrew's wagon, what happens?

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

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