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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sold his own house to purchase apartments to hide Jews in?
(a) Janusz Korczak.
(b) Feliks Cywinski.
(c) Samuel Kenigswein.
(d) Rabbi Shapira.

2. What did Jan give the German president that changed his mind about reopening the Warsaw Zoo?
(a) A plan for opening a substandard zoo.
(b) An inflated budget estimate.
(c) A bribe.
(d) A plan that did not include any German animals.

3. What did Feliks Cywinski say was his happiest moment while rescuing Jews?
(a) Rescuing a toddler from the Ghetto.
(b) The end of the war when all of the Jews he was hiding could go free.
(c) The birth of Regina Kenigswein's baby.
(d) The day the Ghetto was reopened.

4. What was the name of Szymon Tenenbaum's wife?
(a) Lonia.
(b) Janusz.
(c) Zarka.
(d) Irene.

5. Which Guest's leaving made Antonina the most sad?
(a) Regina's.
(b) Fox Man's.
(c) Maurycy's.
(d) Magdalena's.

6. What was the name of Antonina's children's book about lynxes?
(a) Tofi and Tufa.
(b) Rysie.
(c) The Wild Lynx.
(d) A Lynx Tale.

7. What animal did Magdalena Gross sculpt as a gift for Jan?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A bison.
(c) A camel.
(d) A starling.

8. What practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?
(a) Fasting.
(b) Communing with nature.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Writing poetry.

9. What did the villa Guests do to let Jan know they did not like the way he was treating Antonina?
(a) Gave him the silent treatement.
(b) Talked to him about his behavior.
(c) Wrote him a letter.
(d) Locked him out of the villa.

10. How did Jan say Antonina was able to convince the German soldier of how the fire at the barracks started?
(a) She flirted with the soldier.
(b) She acted meek so the soldier would not suspect her.
(c) She used her skill with difficult animals.
(d) She used her superior intelligence.

11. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?
(a) Moved them one at a time.
(b) Hid them in the cart used to bring vegetable peelings to the zoo to feed the animals.
(c) Bleached their hair.
(d) Disguised them as zoo workers.

12. What happened to the littermates of the baby hamster that Jan gave to Rys?
(a) They were eaten by a cat.
(b) They were confiscated by a German soldier to give to his children.
(c) They were used for experiments.
(d) Their mother killed them.

13. Why did Rys tell his mother he knew more about keeping wartime secrets than she did?
(a) Because he was smarter than she was.
(b) Because Jan had told Rys secrets that he had not told Antonina.
(c) Because he was the one who fed the Guests in the animal enclosures.
(d) Because she was a woman.

14. Which of the following words best describes Magdalena's personality?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Nervous.

15. What did Rys do during the winter days when Jan was at work?
(a) Helped his mother with chores.
(b) Collected scraps to feed the animals.
(c) Went to Underground school.
(d) Waited at the door for him to return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?

2. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?

3. What was Magdalena Gross's cryptonym?

4. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?

5. How did the Polish Underground learn of Treblinka?

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