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

2. What did Antonina convince the German soldier was the cause of the fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?
(a) Lightning.
(b) An act of sabotage.
(c) An electrical short.
(d) A cigarette left by a German soldier.

3. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?
(a) Starting a school for the Jewish children.
(b) Checking for illegal marriages.
(c) Setting up a station to deal with infectious diseases.
(d) Running an orphanage.

4. What did the villa Guests do to let Jan know they did not like the way he was treating Antonina?
(a) Locked him out of the villa.
(b) Gave him the silent treatement.
(c) Wrote him a letter.
(d) Talked to him about his behavior.

5. Why did Magdalena's presence at the villa pose a greater threat to the other Guests?
(a) She often left the villa during the day.
(b) She was famous.
(c) She was prone to taking risks.
(d) She was a gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the bottle grenades that Jews in the Ghetto used as a defense against the Germans?

2. What animal is thought to be the cause of the death of much of Napoleon's army?

3. What percentage of the Orthodox community was lost during World War II?

4. How old was Janusz Korczak when the deportations to the death camps began?

5. What word was used to refer to a Jewish hiding place that had been discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?

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

3. What nearly ruined Jan’s plan to bring Lonia Tenenbaum out of the Ghetto?

4. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?

5. What did Feliks Cywinski do periodically to hide the fact that he was rescuing Jews?

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

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

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

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

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

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