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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. Where did historian Ringelblum hide documents that described what happened in Warsaw during the war?

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

3. What was Magdalena Gross's cryptonym?

4. Where was Magdalena sent when she finally left the zoo?

5. About how many people did Jan say were rescued through the zoo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Rabbi Shapira think it was important for Jews in the Ghetto to commune with nature?

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

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

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

10. How did Jan’s observations about animal behaviors help him in his Underground work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay describing how Rys changed from before the war until the time when they return to Warsaw after the Uprising. How did the war affect his relationships with other people? Did the war have lasting effects on Rys?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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