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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who urged the people of Warsaw to accept Poland's surrender peacefully?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Lutz Heck.
(c) General Rommel.
(d) The mayor.

2. What did the people of Warsaw gather in the streets to see after Poland surrendered?
(a) The German army entering the city.
(b) The Polish soldiers being taken to a POW camp.
(c) Hitler delivering a speech.
(d) The animals escaping from the zoo.

3. What did Hitler do to justify an attack on Poland?
(a) Staged a phony attack on a German border town.
(b) Portrayed the Jews as evil people who needed to be exterminated.
(c) Claimed the Jews were planning to invade Germany.
(d) Claimed Poland was building up weapons to attack Germany.

4. What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Linden.

5. What was the baby elephant's name?
(a) Kuba.
(b) Kasia.
(c) Tuzinka.
(d) Wicek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Antonina and Rys take to their country home with them?

2. What did Jan and Antonina do with the dead antelopes, deer, and horses after the initial attack on Warsaw?

3. What was the name of the rhesus monkey that was stealing babies from other monkeys?

4. How old was Antonina when her parents were killed?

5. According to legend, what did the word Poland sound like in Hebrew that made the Jews want to go there?

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