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

2. What did Rys do during the winter days when Jan was at work?
(a) Helped his mother with chores.
(b) Went to Underground school.
(c) Collected scraps to feed the animals.
(d) Waited at the door for him to return.

3. What did Feliks Cywinski say was his happiest moment while rescuing Jews?
(a) The birth of Regina Kenigswein's baby.
(b) Rescuing a toddler from the Ghetto.
(c) The day the Ghetto was reopened.
(d) The end of the war when all of the Jews he was hiding could go free.

4. How did the Polish government smuggle money into Poland while they were exiled and based in London?
(a) Strapped to parachutists.
(b) With animals that were sent to the zoo.
(c) With German soldiers who were sympathetic to the Poles.
(d) Through the mail.

5. Who tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?
(a) Jan.
(b) Rys.
(c) The friend's mother.
(d) Magdalena.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the siege on the Ghetto that was meant to remove or kill the remaining Jews there ended?

2. What did the orphans call Janusz Korczak?

3. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?

4. What did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Jan’s observations about animal behaviors help him in his Underground work?

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

6. Why does Ackerman describe Wicek the rabbit as a “fat, furry thug”?

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

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

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

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

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