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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song did Antonina play on the piano as a warning signal for the Guests?
(a) Beethoven's Symphony Number Nine.
(b) The Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Go, go, go to Crete!
(d) I'll Be Seeing You.

2. How many calories per day were Jews rationed?
(a) 184.
(b) 669.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,613.

3. What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following her breakfast?
(a) Taught Rys his daily lessons.
(b) Fed the elephants.
(c) Did the laundry.
(d) Greeted VIP visitors.

4. What was Jan collecting in the boxes he placed on shelves in the villa's kitchen?
(a) False documents.
(b) Springs for his research instruments.
(c) Fuses for bombs.
(d) Insects.

5. Where did Ewa Brzuska (Granny) hide Jews who were on their way to other locations?
(a) In her grocery store.
(b) In her kitchen.
(c) In her lampshade shop.
(d) In her barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Antonina when her parents were killed?

2. What theory did Lutz Heck reject?

3. Who urged the people of Warsaw to accept Poland's surrender peacefully?

4. What were the race of "pure" humans that the Nazis sought to create called?

5. After Antonina heard that the Polish army was going to surrender, who delivered a message to the contrary?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lutz Heck hold the shooting part at the zoo on New Year’s Eve?

2. What made Antonina feel hopeful at first when Lutz Heck came to visit the villa?

3. What was Lutz Heck’s real plan in taking animals from the Warsaw Zoo?

4. Why were Jan and Antonina so frightened when they witnessed a trolley being bombed?

5. Why did Antonina compare herself to a lioness when she was staying with her sister-in-law?

6. Why did the Zabinskis frequently invite non-Jewish visitors to the villa?

7. What was unusual about the baby badger that Antonina raised?

8. Why did the Resistance use cryptonyms?

9. Why was Antonina glad Rys was not with her when she travelled back to the country home after visiting Jan in Warsaw?

10. Why did Antonina initially turn down Lutz Heck’s offer of help for the zoo?

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