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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 practice did Rabbi Shapira engage in to help himself deal with the suffering in the Ghetto?
(a) Communing with nature.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Fasting.

2. What does Punia, the nickname Jan gave Antonina, mean?
(a) Beloved Wife.
(b) Lioness.
(c) Little Wildcat.
(d) Honking Goose.

3. How did the Polish Underground learn of Treblinka?
(a) From a German soldier who was a spy for the Underground.
(b) A member of the Underground escaped Treblinka and reported back.
(c) Through a German newspaper.
(d) Through a coded letter.

4. What did Himmler study before the war?
(a) Art.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Zoology.

5. Where is Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection today?
(a) It has been destroyed.
(b) The Natural History Museum.
(c) The State Zoological Museum.
(d) The Warsaw Zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?

2. What name did the Zabinskis call Witold Wroblewski?

3. What was the name of Rys's pet rooster?

4. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?

5. What act of sabotage did Rys and his friend plan to undertake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Antonina confined to bed for several months?

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

3. In Janusz Korczak’s story about an astronomer named Zi who lived on the planet Ro, why did Zi consider destroying Earth?

4. How did Zegota member Janina Buchholtz hide the presence of false papers in her office?

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

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

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

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

9. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?

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

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