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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of face did Nazi Posters depict Jewish people as having?
(a) Devil-like.
(b) Rat-like.
(c) Horse-like.
(d) Snake-like.

2. What did Antonina convince the German soldier was the cause of the fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?
(a) A cigarette left by a German soldier.
(b) An act of sabotage.
(c) An electrical short.
(d) Lightning.

3. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?
(a) She was famous.
(b) She was prone to taking risks.
(c) She was a gossip.
(d) She often left the villa during the day.

4. What does Punia, the nickname Jan gave Antonina, mean?
(a) Lioness.
(b) Beloved Wife.
(c) Honking Goose.
(d) Little Wildcat.

5. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?
(a) Peppers.
(b) Pickles.
(c) Meat.
(d) Fish.

6. What act of sabotage did Rys and his friend plan to undertake?
(a) Burning the German weapons hold at the zoo.
(b) Bombing a haystack.
(c) Derailing a train.
(d) Vandalizing a German officer's house.

7. Who were the Sables?
(a) The Kokot family.
(b) The Tenenbaum family.
(c) The Fraenkel family.
(d) The Kenigswein family.

8. What did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?
(a) Pheasants.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Rats.
(d) Rabbits.

9. What caused Rys to be hospitalized in the winter of 1943?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) A broken leg.

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

11. What is another name for the bottle grenades that Jews in the Ghetto used as a defense against the Germans?
(a) Molotov cocktail.
(b) Gasoline grenade.
(c) German growler.
(d) Bottle bomb.

12. What was Szczurcio?
(a) A rooster.
(b) A pig.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A muskrat.

13. Who did the German soldier blame for a fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?
(a) Rys.
(b) The Underground.
(c) Jan.
(d) Antonina.

14. During the third winter of the war, which room was the only one in the villa the Zabinskis were able to heat?
(a) The office.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The kitchen.

15. How did the Polish Underground learn of Treblinka?
(a) A member of the Underground escaped Treblinka and reported back.
(b) From a German soldier who was a spy for the Underground.
(c) Through a German newspaper.
(d) Through a coded letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?

2. What was the cryptonym for the Council to Aid the Jews?

3. What did Feliks Cywinski say was his happiest moment while rescuing Jews?

4. What was Janusz Korczak's real name?

5. What did Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?

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