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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 kind of animal was Rys's pet named Morys?

2. Which of the following was one of Lutz Heck's hobbies?

3. Where did Jan build an ammunitions dump for the Home Army?

4. What was the baby elephant's name?

5. Why did Jan and Antonina think Lutz Heck might help them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Zabinskis frequently invite non-Jewish visitors to the villa?

3. Why were the Warsaw Zoo’s polar bears shot by Polish soldiers?

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

5. Why did Jan purposely draw attention to himself when he was thanking Ziegler for bringing him to the Ghetto to see Szymon Tenenbaum?

6. Why did the Germans take children with Aryan features to be raised in Germany?

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

8. Why did the Resistance use cryptonyms?

9. Why did Lutz Heck hold the shooting part at the zoo on New Year’s Eve?

10. Why did Wanda and Adam Englert divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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