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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. How did Antonina know Regina Kenigswein's father?
2. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?
3. What unusual food did Wicek like to eat?
4. Who tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?
5. How did the Polish Underground learn of Treblinka?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Jan and Antonina carry cyanide pills with them?
2. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?
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. How did Zegota member Janina Buchholtz hide the presence of false papers in her office?
5. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?
6. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?
7. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?
8. Why did Rabbi Shapira think it was important for Jews in the Ghetto to commune with nature?
9. Why was Fox Man’s offer of a bookkeeping job so important to Maurycy Fraenkel?
10. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
When Maurycy is renamed Pawel (Paul), he gives the hamster a new name, Piotr (Peter), and says they will be like the disciples. Write an essay that explains what Maurycy means by this and what or who they will be disciples of.
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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