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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 did Maurycy rename the hamster?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Pawel.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Piotr.

2. What season was it when Antonina was finally able to leave her bed after months of convalescing?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

4. 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 a gossip.
(c) She was famous.
(d) She was prone to taking risks.

5. During the third winter of the war, which room was the only one in the villa the Zabinskis were able to heat?
(a) The office.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the cryptonym for the Council to Aid the Jews?

3. How did Genia escape when she was sent to Treblinka?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. Why did Rabbi Shapira think it was important for Jews in the Ghetto to commune with nature?

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

7. How did Magdalena Gross get the cryptonym “Starling”?

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

9. How did the Kenigsweins smuggle their two young boys out of the Ghetto?

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

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