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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the siege on the Ghetto that was meant to remove or kill the remaining Jews there ended?

2. How did Antonina know Regina Kenigswein's father?

3. How old was Janusz Korczak when the deportations to the death camps began?

4. What season was it when Antonina was finally able to leave her bed after months of convalescing?

5. What did Rys do during the winter days when Jan was at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?

2. Why was it difficult for some Jews to change their names in order to go into hiding?

3. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?

4. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?

5. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?

6. What did Antonina write in her journal that the author said was as close as she ever got to writing about being an orphan?

7. What nearly ruined Jan’s plan to bring Lonia Tenenbaum out of the Ghetto?

8. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?

9. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?

10. What did Feliks Cywinski do periodically to hide the fact that he was rescuing Jews?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ackerman use enemy soldiers to explore the theme of compassion? Why does she include compassionate acts by the soldiers in the book rather than portraying them as purely evil?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explains how Ackerman develops the theme of family and what she suggests makes a group of individuals into a family.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the author’s development and use of the theme of courage. What suggestion does the author make about courage? How does she use people to strengthen the theme?

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