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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 tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?

2. What job did Antonina give Genia to disguise her while she lived at the zoo?

3. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?

4. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?

5. How did the Polish government smuggle money into Poland while they were exiled and based in London?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Fox Man’s offer of a bookkeeping job so important to Maurycy Fraenkel?

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

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

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

7. Why was Antonina confined to bed for several months?

8. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?

9. How was Mrs. Walter helping Jews to hide?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ackerman use enemy soldiers to explore the theme of compassion? Why does she include compassionate acts by the soldiers in the book rather than portraying them as purely evil?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Heck’s re-creation of extinct animal species is controversial because of his ties to the Nazis and because some people argue that the animals are merely mixes of breeds and, therefore, not a species themselves. Write a persuasive essay that takes a side in the argument. Use examples from the text and from research to support your argument.

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