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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many people did Jan say were rescued through the zoo?
(a) 65.
(b) 300.
(c) 150.
(d) 750.

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

3. What was Janusz Korczak's real name?
(a) Szymon Tenenbaum.
(b) Adam Englert.
(c) Henryk Goldszmit.
(d) Maurycy Fraenkel.

4. What season was it when Antonina was finally able to leave her bed after months of convalescing?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. Why was the school Jan taught at while he was part of the Underground called a "flying university?"
(a) Because their symbol was a bird.
(b) Because the location moved to avoid detection.
(c) Because they taught people how to fly planes.
(d) Because the students had to learn at an extremely fast pace.

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

7. How did the Polish government smuggle money into Poland while they were exiled and based in London?
(a) With German soldiers who were sympathetic to the Poles.
(b) Strapped to parachutists.
(c) With animals that were sent to the zoo.
(d) Through the mail.

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

9. What percentage of the Orthodox community was lost during World War II?
(a) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 50%.

10. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?
(a) Facelift.
(b) Circumcision.
(c) Removal of tattoos.
(d) Foreskin reconstruction.

11. 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 fox.
(b) A mother badger.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A lioness.

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

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

14. What was the name of Rys's pet rooster?
(a) Morys.
(b) Balbina.
(c) Wicek.
(d) Kuba.

15. Who did the German soldier blame for a fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?
(a) The Underground.
(b) Jan.
(c) Antonina.
(d) Rys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Magdalena sent when she finally left the zoo?

2. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?

3. What did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?

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

5. How was the siege on the Ghetto that was meant to remove or kill the remaining Jews there ended?

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