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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?
(a) Peppers.
(b) Fish.
(c) Meat.
(d) Pickles.

2. What act of sabotage did Rys and his friend plan to undertake?
(a) Burning the German weapons hold at the zoo.
(b) Vandalizing a German officer's house.
(c) Derailing a train.
(d) Bombing a haystack.

3. What was Maurycy Fraenkel's profession?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Rabbi.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

4. What did Fox Man use as a wet nurse for the baby foxes?
(a) A stuffed animal with bottles attached to it.
(b) A muskrat.
(c) His cat.
(d) A pig.

5. Who sold his own house to purchase apartments to hide Jews in?
(a) Janusz Korczak.
(b) Samuel Kenigswein.
(c) Rabbi Shapira.
(d) Feliks Cywinski.

6. Who kept vigil with Rys while he waited for his father to return at curfew?
(a) Szczurcio.
(b) Wicek and Kuba.
(c) Fox Man's parakeets.
(d) Maurycy and Magdalena.

7. What job did Antonina give Genia to disguise her while she lived at the zoo?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Cook.

8. What did the orphans call Janusz Korczak?
(a) Pan Doctor.
(b) Janusz.
(c) Zi.
(d) Papa.

9. What caused Rys to be hospitalized in the winter of 1943?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Pneumonia.

10. What did Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?
(a) A lioness.
(b) A mother badger.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A fox.

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

12. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?
(a) Setting up a station to deal with infectious diseases.
(b) Checking for illegal marriages.
(c) Starting a school for the Jewish children.
(d) Running an orphanage.

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

14. How did Antonina know Regina Kenigswein's father?
(a) He was Rys's teacher.
(b) He was a groundskeeper at the zoo.
(c) He supplied fruit to the zoo before the war.
(d) He was a friend of Jan's father.

15. How many boxes did Antonina recall there were in Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 400.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?

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

3. What does Punia, the nickname Jan gave Antonina, mean?

4. What happened to the littermates of the baby hamster that Jan gave to Rys?

5. Which of the following did Polish folklore say meant that death was near?

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