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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was explorer Ernst Schafer sent to locate?
2. What symbol were Jews forced to wear to identify them as Jews?
3. What was Rys told about the Guests who stayed at the zoo?
4. What was the name of the river that bordered the zoo?
5. What animal did Jan raise at the zoo to feed German soldiers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Antonina describe her friend Magdalena?
2. Why was Antonina glad Rys was not with her when she travelled back to the country home after visiting Jan in Warsaw?
3. Why were Jan and Antonina so frightened when they witnessed a trolley being bombed?
4. Why was Antonina shocked by what Lutz Heck said about Germany’s chances of the war?
5. Why did Jan suggest that the zoo be used to raise pigs?
6. Why did the Zabinskis frequently invite non-Jewish visitors to the villa?
7. Why did the Germans take children with Aryan features to be raised in Germany?
8. What made Antonina feel hopeful at first when Lutz Heck came to visit the villa?
9. Why did the Resistance use cryptonyms?
10. What was special about the baby elephant Tuzinka?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Maurycy is renamed Pawel (Paul), he gives the hamster a new name, Piotr (Peter), and says they will be like the disciples. Write an essay that explains what Maurycy means by this and what or who they will be disciples of.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the book. Why did the author choose to write about Antonina rather than Jan? How does making Jan the protagonist of the book support Ackerman’s themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the importance of Szymon Tenenbaum’s insect collection. What did the collection say about Tenenbaum? Why was it important to the Underground? What does the collection symbolize?
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