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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did Polish folklore say meant that death was near?
(a) Dropping a piece of silverware.
(b) A rooster crowing when it was not dawn.
(c) A bird flying into a window.
(d) A broom falling for no reason.

4. Who tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?
(a) Rys.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Jan.
(d) The friend's mother.

5. What was Szczurcio?
(a) A rooster.
(b) A muskrat.
(c) A pig.
(d) A rabbit.

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

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

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

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

10. Which of the following words best describes Magdalena's personality?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Cheerful.

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

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

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

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

15. What caused Rys to be hospitalized in the winter of 1943?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Feliks Cywinski say was his happiest moment while rescuing Jews?

2. What did the orphans call Janusz Korczak?

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

4. What practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?

5. Who kept vigil with Rys while he waited for his father to return at curfew?

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