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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lawyer.
(d) He was a professor at the college Jan attended.

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

3. What was Jan's cryptonym?
(a) Wicek.
(b) Tuzinka.
(c) Francis.
(d) Starling.

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

5. Which of the following was one of Lutz Heck's hobbies?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Big game hunting.
(c) Collecting insects.
(d) Fishing.

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

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

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

9. 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 all colleagues of his father.
(d) That they were fellow zookeepers.

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

11. What name did Jewish women with Aryan-sounding names have to change their names to?
(a) Esther.
(b) Rebekah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sarah.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an extinct animal that Lutz Heck hoped to re-create?

2. How many calories per day were Jews rationed?

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

4. How old was Antonina when her parents were killed?

5. What book did Antonina and Rys read while Lutz Heck's shooting party was going on at the zoo?

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