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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 was the zoo's cryptonym?
(a) The Monkey House.
(b) The House Under a Full Moon.
(c) The Lynx House.
(d) The House Under a Crazy Star.

2. What language was illegal to speak in Warsaw during the German occupation?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Polish.

3. According to legend, what did the word Poland sound like in Hebrew that made the Jews want to go there?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Beautiful garden.
(d) Rest here.

4. What symbol were Jews forced to wear to identify them as Jews?
(a) The star of David.
(b) A cross.
(c) A picture of a rat.
(d) The letter J.

5. What kind of animal was Rys's pet named Morys?
(a) Pig.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Cockatoo.
(d) Lynx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Magdalena's profession?

2. Why did Jan and Antonina think Lutz Heck might help them?

3. What animal did Jan raise at the zoo to feed German soldiers?

4. Where did Ewa Brzuska (Granny) hide Jews who were on their way to other locations?

5. What did Antonina send with Jan to deliver when he went into the Ghetto to collect scraps to feed the pigs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Germans take children with Aryan features to be raised in Germany?

2. How did Dr. Muller help Jan return to Warsaw?

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

4. Why did Wanda and Adam Englert divorce?

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

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

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

8. How did Antonina describe her friend Magdalena?

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

10. Why did Jan feel such a strong connection with the Jews?

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