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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was explorer Ernst Schafer sent to locate?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) A pure tarpan.
(c) The roots of the Aryan race.
(d) The Holy Grail.

2. What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following her breakfast?
(a) Fed the elephants.
(b) Greeted VIP visitors.
(c) Taught Rys his daily lessons.
(d) Did the laundry.

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

4. 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.

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

6. Who did Jan meet while on a daily bicycle tour of the zoo?
(a) Fox Man.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Maurycy.
(d) Antonina.

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

8. 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) Clothing store.
(d) Lampshade store.

9. What were the race of "pure" humans that the Nazis sought to create called?
(a) Aryans.
(b) Neolithics.
(c) Gnostics.
(d) Freemasons.

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

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

12. What does Rys mean in Polish?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Lion.
(d) Starling.

13. What kind of animal was Rys's pet named Morys?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Pig.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Cockatoo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jan and Antonina do with the dead antelopes, deer, and horses after the initial attack on Warsaw?

2. Who sent fruit and vegetable peelings to the zoo to feed the animals in the fall after Warsaw's surrender?

3. Who did Antonina and Rys stay with when Jan was first ordered to join the army and the zoo was evacuated?

4. What did the people of Warsaw gather in the streets to see after Poland surrendered?

5. What was the zoo's cryptonym?

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