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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 Jan collecting in the boxes he placed on shelves in the villa's kitchen?

2. How did Jan and Antonina know the German soldier who came to the villa to tell them that Lutz Heck wanted to see them?

3. What were the race of "pure" humans that the Nazis sought to create called?

4. What was Magdalena's profession?

5. What did Hitler do to justify an attack on Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Jan and Antonina so frightened when they witnessed a trolley being bombed?

2. What was Lutz Heck’s real plan in taking animals from the Warsaw Zoo?

3. Why did the Resistance use cryptonyms?

4. Why did Jan suggest that the zoo be used to raise pigs?

5. What made Antonina feel hopeful at first when Lutz Heck came to visit the villa?

6. Why did Wanda and Adam Englert divorce?

7. How did Dr. Muller help Jan return to Warsaw?

8. What was unusual about the baby badger that Antonina raised?

9. Why was Antonina shocked by what Lutz Heck said about Germany’s chances of the war?

10. What special ability did Antonina have that Jan described as “metaphysical waves”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Wicek and Kuba play important roles in the lives of the Zabinskis as well as in Ackerman’s development of themes and statements about human behavior. Write an essay that explains the importance of these animals, how the author uses them to develop themes, and what she suggests about human behavior through these animals.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses several Biblical references in describing the villa. Write an essay examining the use of those references and why the author uses them.

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