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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lutz Heck's profession before the war?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was the director of the Berlin Zoo.
(c) He was a veterinarian.
(d) He was a professor at the college Jan attended.

2. How old was Janusz Korczak when the deportations to the death camps began?
(a) 82.
(b) 35.
(c) 56.
(d) 64.

3. What was the punishment for harboring a Jew?
(a) Death.
(b) Public flogging.
(c) 20 years in prison.
(d) An enormous fine.

4. Why did Jan and Antonina think Lutz Heck might help them?
(a) He was a trustworthy man.
(b) He was sweet on Antonina.
(c) He was sympathetic to the Jews.
(d) He was a friend of Jan's father.

5. Which of the following was an entomologist?
(a) Lutz Heck.
(b) Maurycy Fraenkel.
(c) Szymon Tenenbaum.
(d) Magdalena Gross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the zoo did the Germans build a weapons storehouse?

2. What condition does the author speculate caused Antonina to be bedridden?

3. Where is Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection today?

4. How many boxes did Antonina recall there were in Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection?

5. What was the zoo's cryptonym?

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