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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the Polish vice president suggest the zoo be used for?
(a) An herbal plant company.
(b) A vegetable garden to feed the locals.
(c) A new zoo.
(d) A fur farm.

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

5. Who divorced her husband and staged her disappearance because she was Jewish and he was not?
(a) Magdalena Gross.
(b) Ewa Brzuska.
(c) Irena Sendler.
(d) Wanda Englert.

6. Which of the following was an entomologist?
(a) Magdalena Gross.
(b) Szymon Tenenbaum.
(c) Lutz Heck.
(d) Maurycy Fraenkel.

7. Which animals were the first that a visitor to the zoo would see?
(a) Flamingos.
(b) Rhesus monkeys.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Giraffes.

8. What did the people of Warsaw gather in the streets to see after Poland surrendered?
(a) The German army entering the city.
(b) The Polish soldiers being taken to a POW camp.
(c) The animals escaping from the zoo.
(d) Hitler delivering a speech.

9. What did Antonina feed the Guests that she passed off as pheasant?
(a) Starlings.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Crows.
(d) Flamingos.

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

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

12. 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.

13. How many calories per day were Jews rationed?
(a) 669.
(b) 184.
(c) 2,613.
(d) 1,000.

14. After Antonina heard that the Polish army was going to surrender, who delivered a message to the contrary?
(a) Hitler.
(b) The Polish president.
(c) The mayor of Warsaw.
(d) Jan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Magdalena's profession?

2. What skill did Antonina's grandmother send her to school to study?

3. What was the baby elephant's name?

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

5. What area of the city was directly across the river from the zoo?

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