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

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

3. What talent did Fox Man entertain the Guests with?
(a) Telling stories.
(b) Singing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Playing piano.

4. What was Maurycy Fraenkel's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Rabbi.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

5. What kind of face did Nazi Posters depict Jewish people as having?
(a) Devil-like.
(b) Rat-like.
(c) Horse-like.
(d) Snake-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?

2. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?

3. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?

4. What happened to the littermates of the baby hamster that Jan gave to Rys?

5. Who is never mentioned in Antonina's memoirs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Fox Man’s offer of a bookkeeping job so important to Maurycy Fraenkel?

2. How was Mrs. Walter helping Jews to hide?

3. What did Antonina write in her journal that the author said was as close as she ever got to writing about being an orphan?

4. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?

5. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?

6. What reason did Mrs. Dewitzowa give Antonina for sending Magdalena and Maurycy back to the zoo?

7. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?

8. Why did Jan and Antonina carry cyanide pills with them?

9. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?

10. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?

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