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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 did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?
2. Where was Magdalena sent when she finally left the zoo?
3. How did Janina Buchholtz, a member of Zegota, help Jan and Antonina rescue Jews?
4. Who is never mentioned in Antonina's memoirs?
5. How was the siege on the Ghetto that was meant to remove or kill the remaining Jews there ended?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?
2. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?
3. What did Antonina write in her journal that the author said was as close as she ever got to writing about being an orphan?
4. Why did Rabbi Shapira think it was important for Jews in the Ghetto to commune with nature?
5. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?
6. How did Magdalena Gross get the cryptonym “Starling”?
7. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?
8. Why was it difficult for some Jews to change their names in order to go into hiding?
9. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?
10. What nearly ruined Jan’s plan to bring Lonia Tenenbaum out of the Ghetto?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining the author’s development and use of the theme of courage. What suggestion does the author make about courage? How does she use people to strengthen the theme?
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
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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