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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. What does Joseph Charnetski see as he is riding in the back of the wagon while in the caravan?
(a) A beautiful woman fall off her horse.
(b) A man stealing good from another wagon.
(c) A single rider barge rudely through the caravan.
(d) A child fall off of a wagon.

2. Despite the fact that he knows he might die as he faces the Tartars in 1241, what does the trumpeter decide to do?
(a) Sound the Heynal for Poland and Our Lady.
(b) Flee to the castle.
(c) Try to kill the Tartars he sees.
(d) Sound the trumpet for the lost people of Kiev.

3. Who hears the instructions given to Stas by the stranger?
(a) Bogdan the Terrible.
(b) Joseph Charnetski.
(c) Nicholas Kreutz.
(d) Stefan Ostrovski

4. Who lives above the Charnetskis?
(a) Stefan Ostrovski.
(b) Johann Tring.
(c) Kreutz and his neice.
(d) Andrew Tenczynski.

5. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?
(a) He thinks he should kill himself.
(b) He knows he is alone in the midst of a terrible enemy.
(c) He decides to wait for the Polish army to rescue him.
(d) He decides to flee to the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the midst of all the destruction after the attack on Krakow, there is one Polish person left alive. Who is it?

2. Who lives below the Charnetskis?

3. Why is Krakow is a safe haven?

4. What does Kreutz say some people believe about the Philosopher's Stone?

5. In taking the job, what does Pan Andrew promise to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what does Pan Andrew Charnetski tell the guard when he arrives at the palace gates and what is the guard's response?

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

4. Describe the Tartars.

5. Explain how the Polish people feel as they have to leave their villages because they know the Tartars are arriving.

6. What are the aspects of Pan Andrew's job?

7. What is Joseph's father being accused of in Chapter 3?

8. List some of the things that Joseph sees and hears as he first sets his sights on the city in Chapter 2.

9. Explain why many people seek Jan Kanty's advice.

10. Why does Joseph catch the wolf dog in Chapter 2?

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