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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event were Jan and Antonina preparing for when the war began?
(a) The sale of the zoo to Germany.
(b) The International Association of Zoo Directors' annual meeting.
(c) National Animal Awareness Day.
(d) A tour of the zoo by important political figures.

2. Who told Antonina that the Polish army was planning to surrender?
(a) Maurycy Fraenkel.
(b) Adam Englert.
(c) Szymon Tenenbaum.
(d) Magdalena Gross.

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

4. Which animals were the first that a visitor to the zoo would see?
(a) Rhesus monkeys.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Flamingos.
(d) Elephants.

5. What task did Antonina sometimes do in the middle of the night?
(a) Washing.
(b) Baking.
(c) Cleaning animal cages.
(d) Midwife a zoo animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rys mean in Polish?

2. What was Lutz Heck's profession before the war?

3. What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following her breakfast?

4. What was Antonina's father's occupation?

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

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