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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. Who sent fruit and vegetable peelings to the zoo to feed the animals in the fall after Warsaw's surrender?

2. What was explorer Ernst Schafer sent to locate?

3. What was the name of the rhesus monkey that was stealing babies from other monkeys?

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

5. What element of zoo design did Lutz Heck advocate for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Antonina initially turn down Lutz Heck’s offer of help for the zoo?

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

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

6. Why were Antonina’s parents killed when she was nine?

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

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

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

10. Why was Antonina glad Rys was not with her when she travelled back to the country home after visiting Jan in Warsaw?

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

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

Write an essay about the importance of Janusz Korczak to the book. Why does the author include his story? How does the author use his story to develop themes? What impact does his story have on readers?

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