View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Antonina supposedly remind Lutz Heck of?
(a) His first love.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. What area of the city was directly across the river from the zoo?
(a) New Berlin.
(b) The Polish Marketplace.
(c) The Jewish Quarter.
(d) Old Town.

3. What word was used to refer to a Jewish hiding place that had been discovered?
(a) Burnt.
(b) Razed.
(c) Flooded.
(d) Bombed.

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

5. What condition does the author speculate caused Antonina to be bedridden?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Phlebitis.
(d) Tendonitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?

2. Who ruled Warsaw after the surrender?

3. Which of the following is an extinct animal that Lutz Heck hoped to re-create?

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

5. What animal frequently followed Jan around the zoo on his daily bicycle tours?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample