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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What name did the Zabinskis call Witold Wroblewski?
(a) Maurycy.
(b) Fox Man.
(c) Janusz Korczak.
(d) Dr. Muller.

6. 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.

7. Which Guest's leaving made Antonina the most sad?
(a) Magdalena's.
(b) Fox Man's.
(c) Regina's.
(d) Maurycy's.

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

9. Where is Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection today?
(a) The Warsaw Zoo.
(b) The Natural History Museum.
(c) It has been destroyed.
(d) The State Zoological Museum.

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

11. How was the siege on the Ghetto that was meant to remove or kill the remaining Jews there ended?
(a) The Jews were all taken to concentration camps.
(b) The Jews succeeded in pushing the Germans out of the Ghetto.
(c) The remaining Jews were lined up in the streets and shot.
(d) The Germans burned everything.

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

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

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

15. 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 lioness.
(d) A chimpanzee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Antonina know Regina Kenigswein's father?

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

3. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?

4. Where did Szczurcio hide when he escaped his cage?

5. About how many people did Jan say were rescued through the zoo?

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