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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 were the people at the villa doing when they heard a rustling in the bushes by the window?

2. What was the name of Rys's pet rooster?

3. What did Fox Man use as a wet nurse for the baby foxes?

4. Who kept vigil with Rys while he waited for his father to return at curfew?

5. What did Maurycy rename the hamster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?

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

4. Why does Ackerman describe Wicek the rabbit as a “fat, furry thug”?

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

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

7. Why was it difficult for some Jews to change their names in order to go into hiding?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the author’s choice to write about modern-day Poland in the final chapter. What purpose does this serve? What message does the author hope to leave readers with?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain the importance of codenames to the Underground. Why do they use them? What do the names reveal about the people they are chosen for? Provide examples of codenames and explain their meanings.

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