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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 every citizen in Krakow have in their homes?
(a) Food.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Extra clothing.
(d) Equipment for putting out fires.

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

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

4. What happens to Joseph, his mother, and Elzbietka during the fire?
(a) They flee their home and go to the king's palace.
(b) They flee their home but get trapped in the crowd on the Street of Pigeons.
(c) They flee their home but get trapped in the church.
(d) They flee their home and go to the University.

5. What does Joseph do before he leaves the tower in Chapter 11?
(a) He tells his father how much he loves him.
(b) He confesses to Peter that he knows where the crystal is.
(c) He remember his pact with Elzbietka and plays the Heynal but stops on the broken note.
(d) He remembers his pact with Elzbietka and plays the Heynal in its entirety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king learn about Ivan the Great?

2. Which description best describes the Tarnov Crystal?

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

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

5. Where does the reader learn Peter of the Button Face is going after having left Krakow for a few months?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the people of Krakow put out fires in general and in Chapter 14.

2. In Chapter 13, what is Tring's reaction when he sees the Great Tarnov Crystal in the middle of Kreutz's loft?

3. What do Jan Kanty and the king decide to do about the crystal in Chapter 16?

4. What is Kreutz's explanation to Tring for how he obtained the crystal?

5. What happens when Kreutz actually mixes the ingredients to make the Philosopher's Stone in Chapter 13?

6. Explain what happens to the Charnetski family at the end of Chapter 16.

7. As of 1928, as described in the Epilogue, why do people go to the city of Krakow?

8. Describe the Vistula River as it is explained in the Epilogue.

9. As Peter tries to escape in Chapter 10, what does Kreutz do?

10. Explain what happens after Kreutz grabs the crystal from the king's hands.

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