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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 - 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?
(a) A mother badger.
(b) A fox.
(c) A lioness.
(d) A chimpanzee.

2. What language was illegal to speak in Warsaw during the German occupation?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Hebrew.

3. How many people were confined to the 20 blocks that constituted the Ghetto?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 400,000.

4. What did Jan and Antonina do with the dead antelopes, deer, and horses after the initial attack on Warsaw?
(a) Left their corpses to rot to deter the German soldiers from moving into the zoo.
(b) Had their meat laced with poison and delivered to the German army.
(c) Had them butchered and their meat distributed to the hungry.
(d) Buried them in the garden.

5. What was the zoo's cryptonym?
(a) The Lynx House.
(b) The House Under a Full Moon.
(c) The House Under a Crazy Star.
(d) The Monkey House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the baby elephant's name?

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

3. What birthday present did Himmler want to give Hitler in 1943?

4. What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo?

5. Who urged the people of Warsaw to accept Poland's surrender peacefully?

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