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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jan build an ammunitions dump for the Home Army?
(a) The elephant enclosure.
(b) In the basement of the villa.
(c) The Pheasant House.
(d) Near the rabbit hutch.

2. After Antonina heard that the Polish army was going to surrender, who delivered a message to the contrary?
(a) Jan.
(b) The Polish president.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The mayor of Warsaw.

3. What animal did Jan raise at the zoo to feed German soldiers?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cattle.

4. What were the race of "pure" humans that the Nazis sought to create called?
(a) Neolithics.
(b) Gnostics.
(c) Aryans.
(d) Freemasons.

5. What was Rys told about the Guests who stayed at the zoo?
(a) That he had to keep them a secret.
(b) That they were all colleagues of his father.
(c) That they were fellow zookeepers.
(d) That they were German soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill did Antonina's grandmother send her to school to study?

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

3. How did Rys first hear about the impending war?

4. What does Rys mean in Polish?

5. What did Antonina send with Jan to deliver when he went into the Ghetto to collect scraps to feed the pigs?

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