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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lutz Heck take from the Warsaw Zoo in addition to valuable animals?
(a) Breeding records.
(b) The blueprints for the zoo.
(c) Rys's pet badger.
(d) The money set aside for feeding the animals.

2. Who ruled Warsaw after the surrender?
(a) Hans Frank.
(b) Dr. Muller.
(c) Adam Englert.
(d) Lutz Heck.

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

4. What is an aurochs?
(a) A bison.
(b) A bird.
(c) A horse.
(d) A bull.

5. What did Antonina send with Jan to deliver when he went into the Ghetto to collect scraps to feed the pigs?
(a) Packets of food.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothing donations.
(d) Letters.

6. What was Antonina's father's occupation?
(a) Railroad engineer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Author.

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

8. What was Magdalena's profession?
(a) Professor.
(b) Painter.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Sculptor.

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

10. What book did Antonina and Rys read while Lutz Heck's shooting party was going on at the zoo?
(a) Tarzan of the Apes.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) Robinson Crusoe.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

11. What was Lutz Heck's profession before the war?
(a) He was the director of the Berlin Zoo.
(b) He was a veterinarian.
(c) He was a professor at the college Jan attended.
(d) He was a lawyer.

12. What kind of store did Antonina and Rys seek shelter in when Antonina thought the fourth floor apartment was not safe?
(a) Linen shop.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Lampshade store.
(d) Clothing store.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Antonina ventured outside of the store they were sheltered in, what did she see falling from the sky?

4. How did Jan and Antonina know the German soldier who came to the villa to tell them that Lutz Heck wanted to see them?

5. What was explorer Ernst Schafer sent to locate?

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