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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Himmler study before the war?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Art.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Agriculture.

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

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

5. What word was used to refer to a Jewish hiding place that had been discovered?
(a) Bombed.
(b) Razed.
(c) Flooded.
(d) Burnt.

6. What animal is thought to be the cause of the death of much of Napoleon's army?
(a) Bird.
(b) Rat.
(c) Louse.
(d) Mosquito.

7. What animal did Magdalena Gross sculpt as a gift for Jan?
(a) A bison.
(b) A camel.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A starling.

8. What did Jan give the German president that changed his mind about reopening the Warsaw Zoo?
(a) A plan for opening a substandard zoo.
(b) A bribe.
(c) An inflated budget estimate.
(d) A plan that did not include any German animals.

9. What were the people at the villa doing when they heard a rustling in the bushes by the window?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Listening to Fox Man play the piano.
(d) Cleaning the house.

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

11. How did Genia escape when she was sent to Treblinka?
(a) She jumped off the train.
(b) She bribed a soldier.
(c) She disguised herself as a soldier.
(d) She snuck off into the fields they were marching through to reach Treblinka.

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

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

14. During the third winter of the war, which room was the only one in the villa the Zabinskis were able to heat?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The office.

15. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?
(a) Disguised them as zoo workers.
(b) Bleached their hair.
(c) Hid them in the cart used to bring vegetable peelings to the zoo to feed the animals.
(d) Moved them one at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?

2. What was Janusz Korczak's real name?

3. What was the name of Antonina's children's book about lynxes?

4. What percentage of the Orthodox community was lost during World War II?

5. What had the boys that Jan discovered hiding in the bushes at the villa done that they needed to hide at the zoo?

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