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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Antonina ventured outside of the store they were sheltered in, what did she see falling from the sky?
(a) Birds.
(b) Parachutes attached to supplies for the Germans.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Ash.

3. What animal did Antonina and Rys take to their country home with them?
(a) A baby badger.
(b) An otter.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A baby lion.

4. Where did the lynxes that Antonina adopted come from?
(a) The Berlin Zoo.
(b) The Washington Zoo.
(c) The Bialowieza Forest.
(d) A North American wildlife preserve.

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

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

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

8. Who urged the people of Warsaw to accept Poland's surrender peacefully?
(a) General Rommel.
(b) Hitler.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Lutz Heck.

9. What print did Antonina prefer for her clothing?
(a) Polka dots.
(b) Checks.
(c) Stripes.
(d) Solid colors.

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) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

11. What happened to Morys?
(a) He died during the winter because of frigid temperatures.
(b) German soldiers took him away to be butchered.
(c) He was shot during Lutz Heck's shooting party.
(d) He was sold to buy food for the Guests.

12. What was Jan collecting in the boxes he placed on shelves in the villa's kitchen?
(a) False documents.
(b) Insects.
(c) Fuses for bombs.
(d) Springs for his research instruments.

13. What theory did Lutz Heck reject?
(a) The theory of enrichment for zoo animals.
(b) The theory of hybrid vigor.
(c) The theory of ethical treatment of zoo animals.
(d) The theory of animal psychology.

14. 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.

15. Where did Ewa Brzuska (Granny) hide Jews who were on their way to other locations?
(a) In her grocery store.
(b) In her kitchen.
(c) In her lampshade shop.
(d) In her barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of Lutz Heck's hobbies?

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

3. How many people were confined to the 20 blocks that constituted the Ghetto?

4. What was the baby elephant's name?

5. What animal did Jan raise at the zoo to feed German soldiers?

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