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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol were Jews forced to wear to identify them as Jews?
(a) The star of David.
(b) A picture of a rat.
(c) The letter J.
(d) A cross.

2. 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 International Association of Zoo Directors' annual meeting.
(d) The sale of the zoo to Germany.

3. What was the name of the rhesus monkey that was stealing babies from other monkeys?
(a) Janusz.
(b) Lutz.
(c) Adolf.
(d) Maurycy.

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

5. What element of zoo design did Lutz Heck advocate for?
(a) An open safari-like zoo.
(b) Enclosures that resembled the animals' natural habitats.
(c) Small animal enclosures.
(d) Barred cages that made it easy for people to view the animals.

6. How did Jan and Antonina know the German soldier who came to the villa to tell them that Lutz Heck wanted to see them?
(a) He was a guard at the Berlin Zoo.
(b) He was a classmate of Jan's.
(c) He was a classmate of Antonina's.
(d) He was a former employee of the Warsaw Zoo.

7. What song did Antonina play on the piano as a warning signal for the Guests?
(a) I'll Be Seeing You.
(b) Go, go, go to Crete!
(c) The Star Spangled Banner.
(d) Beethoven's Symphony Number Nine.

8. Who was Danglu Leist?
(a) The director of the Berlin Zoo.
(b) One of Hitler's top officers.
(c) The Polish vice president of Warsaw.
(d) The German president of Warsaw.

9. Why did Jan and Antonina think Lutz Heck might help them?
(a) He was a friend of Jan's father.
(b) He was a trustworthy man.
(c) He was sweet on Antonina.
(d) He was sympathetic to the Jews.

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

11. What were the racist laws that governed how much Jewish blood a person could have without being "tainted" called?
(a) The Himmler laws.
(b) The Nuremberg laws.
(c) Hitler's Edicts.
(d) The Aryan laws.

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

13. Who did Antonina and Rys stay with when Jan was first ordered to join the army and the zoo was evacuated?
(a) Rys's teacher.
(b) Antonina's sister-in-law.
(c) Jan's mother.
(d) Antonina's mother.

14. What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo?
(a) Oak.
(b) Linden.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Pine.

15. Where in the zoo did the Germans build a weapons storehouse?
(a) The lions' island.
(b) The Pheasant House.
(c) In the basement of the villa.
(d) The polar bear enclosure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was an entomologist?

2. What kind of animal was Rys's pet named Morys?

3. What was explorer Ernst Schafer sent to locate?

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

5. What was the zoo's cryptonym?

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