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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?
(a) She was famous.
(b) She was prone to taking risks.
(c) She was a gossip.
(d) She often left the villa during the day.

3. What condition does the author speculate caused Antonina to be bedridden?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Tendonitis.
(c) Phlebitis.
(d) Migraines.

4. Where did historian Ringelblum hide documents that described what happened in Warsaw during the war?
(a) In coffins buried in graveyards.
(b) Milk churns.
(c) Inside the wall around the Ghetto.
(d) In boxes kept at the zoo.

5. Where did Szczurcio hide when he escaped his cage?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the chimney.
(c) Under Rys's bed.
(d) In the Pheasant House.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What were Jews passing as Aryans called?
(a) Cats.
(b) Deer.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Foxes.

15. What talent did Fox Man entertain the Guests with?
(a) Telling stories.
(b) Painting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Genia escape when she was sent to Treblinka?

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

3. During the third winter of the war, which room was the only one in the villa the Zabinskis were able to heat?

4. Who were the Sables?

5. Who did the Zabinskis fire because they were uncertain of the person's trustworthiness?

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