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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. About how many people did Jan say were rescued through the zoo?
2. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?
3. During the third winter of the war, which room was the only one in the villa the Zabinskis were able to heat?
4. What did Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?
5. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?
2. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?
3. How did Zegota member Janina Buchholtz hide the presence of false papers in her office?
4. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?
5. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?
6. Why does Ackerman describe Wicek the rabbit as a “fat, furry thug”?
7. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?
8. How did the Kenigsweins smuggle their two young boys out of the Ghetto?
9. How was Mrs. Walter helping Jews to hide?
10. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Antonina and how her life at the zoo prepared her to help Jan rescue Jews during the war. What was Antonina like before the war? How did her personality affect the way she treated the Guests? What skills helped her to survive the war?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Ackerman describes the zoo in detail before it is destroyed during the war, and also describes the damage that is done as a result of the war. Write an essay explaining the importance of the way in which Ackerman describes the zoo as the book begins and how the zoo changes as the story unfolds. How do the changes to the zoo affect the people who call it home?
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