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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 did the Zabinskis fire because they were uncertain of the person's trustworthiness?

2. Where is Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection today?

3. Who did the German soldier blame for a fire at the barracks on the zoo grounds?

4. Why was the school Jan taught at while he was part of the Underground called a "flying university?"

5. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?

2. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?

3. How did Zegota member Janina Buchholtz hide the presence of false papers in her office?

4. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?

5. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?

6. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?

7. In Janusz Korczak’s story about an astronomer named Zi who lived on the planet Ro, why did Zi consider destroying Earth?

8. What nearly ruined Jan’s plan to bring Lonia Tenenbaum out of the Ghetto?

9. How did Magdalena Gross get the cryptonym “Starling”?

10. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?

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

Ackerman writes about the location and history of Poland prior to World War II. Write an essay explaining why Poland’s location made it a target of the German army and how the history of Poland affected the way the people of Poland dealt with the war and the Holocaust.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Ackerman uses the animal motif to explain the Nazi agenda of creating a master human race. Explain what the Nazi’s hoped to achieve and why and how Ackerman compares that to Lutz Heck’s goal of re-creating extinct species.

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