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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Rys tell his mother he knew more about keeping wartime secrets than she did?
(a) Because he was smarter than she was.
(b) Because he was the one who fed the Guests in the animal enclosures.
(c) Because she was a woman.
(d) Because Jan had told Rys secrets that he had not told Antonina.

2. What is another name for the bottle grenades that Jews in the Ghetto used as a defense against the Germans?
(a) Gasoline grenade.
(b) Bottle bomb.
(c) German growler.
(d) Molotov cocktail.

3. How did Jan say Antonina was able to convince the German soldier of how the fire at the barracks started?
(a) She acted meek so the soldier would not suspect her.
(b) She used her superior intelligence.
(c) She used her skill with difficult animals.
(d) She flirted with the soldier.

4. What had the boys that Jan discovered hiding in the bushes at the villa done that they needed to hide at the zoo?
(a) Snuck a Jewish boy out of the Ghetto.
(b) Bombed a haystack.
(c) Set fire to German gas tanks.
(d) Shot a German.

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

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

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

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

9. Who were the Sables?
(a) The Tenenbaum family.
(b) The Kokot family.
(c) The Kenigswein family.
(d) The Fraenkel family.

10. What did Antonina convince the German soldier was the cause of the fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?
(a) A cigarette left by a German soldier.
(b) An act of sabotage.
(c) Lightning.
(d) An electrical short.

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

12. What practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?
(a) Communing with nature.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Fasting.

13. 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) They were used for experiments.
(d) Their mother killed them.

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

15. What was the cryptonym for the Council to Aid the Jews?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Weronika.
(c) Zegota.
(d) Ziegler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent did Fox Man entertain the Guests with?

2. Which Guest's leaving made Antonina the most sad?

3. Which of the following words best describes Magdalena's personality?

4. How did Janina Buchholtz, a member of Zegota, help Jan and Antonina rescue Jews?

5. What animal did Magdalena Gross sculpt as a gift for Jan?

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