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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes Magdalena's personality?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Quiet.

2. What was Szczurcio?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A pig.
(d) A muskrat.

3. What did Himmler study before the war?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Art.
(d) Medicine.

4. What did Feliks Cywinski say was his happiest moment while rescuing Jews?
(a) The end of the war when all of the Jews he was hiding could go free.
(b) The birth of Regina Kenigswein's baby.
(c) The day the Ghetto was reopened.
(d) Rescuing a toddler from the Ghetto.

5. How did the Polish Underground learn of Treblinka?
(a) Through a coded letter.
(b) Through a German newspaper.
(c) A member of the Underground escaped Treblinka and reported back.
(d) From a German soldier who was a spy for the Underground.

6. What happened to the littermates of the baby hamster that Jan gave to Rys?
(a) They were eaten by a cat.
(b) They were confiscated by a German soldier to give to his children.
(c) Their mother killed them.
(d) They were used for experiments.

7. How old was Janusz Korczak when the deportations to the death camps began?
(a) 35.
(b) 56.
(c) 64.
(d) 82.

8. What were the people at the villa doing when they heard a rustling in the bushes by the window?
(a) Listening to Fox Man play the piano.
(b) Cleaning the house.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating dinner.

9. What was the name of Szymon Tenenbaum's wife?
(a) Zarka.
(b) Irene.
(c) Janusz.
(d) Lonia.

10. What was the name of Antonina's children's book about lynxes?
(a) Tofi and Tufa.
(b) Rysie.
(c) The Wild Lynx.
(d) A Lynx Tale.

11. What animal did Magdalena Gross sculpt as a gift for Jan?
(a) A camel.
(b) A bison.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A starling.

12. Who tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?
(a) The friend's mother.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Jan.
(d) Rys.

13. How did Genia escape when she was sent to Treblinka?
(a) She bribed a soldier.
(b) She jumped off the train.
(c) She snuck off into the fields they were marching through to reach Treblinka.
(d) She disguised herself as a soldier.

14. What did Rys do during the winter days when Jan was at work?
(a) Waited at the door for him to return.
(b) Went to Underground school.
(c) Helped his mother with chores.
(d) Collected scraps to feed the animals.

15. What did Maurycy rename the hamster?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Piotr.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Pawel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Rys to be hospitalized in the winter of 1943?

2. Why was the school Jan taught at while he was part of the Underground called a "flying university?"

3. Why did Rys tell his mother he knew more about keeping wartime secrets than she did?

4. What word was used to refer to a Jewish hiding place that had been discovered?

5. Who saw Magdalena at the zoo and gossiped about it?

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