The Zookeeper's Wife Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Diane Ackerman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Zookeeper's Wife Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Diane Ackerman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How many calories per day were Jews rationed?
(a) 184.
(b) 669.
(c) 2,613.
(d) 1,000.

2. What task did Antonina sometimes do in the middle of the night?
(a) Washing.
(b) Midwife a zoo animal.
(c) Baking.
(d) Cleaning animal cages.

3. What animal did Jan raise at the zoo to feed German soldiers?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sheep.

4. What did the Polish vice president suggest the zoo be used for?
(a) An herbal plant company.
(b) A vegetable garden to feed the locals.
(c) A new zoo.
(d) A fur farm.

5. What animal frequently followed Jan around the zoo on his daily bicycle tours?
(a) A baby elephant.
(b) An elk.
(c) A camel.
(d) A lynx.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Antonina ventured outside of the store they were sheltered in, what did she see falling from the sky?

2. What event were Jan and Antonina preparing for when the war began?

3. What element of zoo design did Lutz Heck advocate for?

4. Where did Jan build an ammunitions dump for the Home Army?

5. How many people were confined to the 20 blocks that constituted the Ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Jan purposely draw attention to himself when he was thanking Ziegler for bringing him to the Ghetto to see Szymon Tenenbaum?

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

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

6. What was special about the baby elephant Tuzinka?

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

8. What special ability did Antonina have that Jan described as “metaphysical waves”?

9. How did Antonina describe her friend Magdalena?

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

(see the answer keys)

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