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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 had the boys that Jan discovered hiding in the bushes at the villa done that they needed to hide at the zoo?
2. Who did the Zabinskis fire because they were uncertain of the person's trustworthiness?
3. What word was used to refer to a Jewish hiding place that had been discovered?
4. Who saw Magdalena at the zoo and gossiped about it?
5. Where is Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection today?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Magdalena Gross get the cryptonym “Starling”?
2. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?
3. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?
4. How did Jan’s observations about animal behaviors help him in his Underground work?
5. Why was Fox Man’s offer of a bookkeeping job so important to Maurycy Fraenkel?
6. How did the people at the villa feel when they heard about the Ghetto Uprising?
7. What reason did Mrs. Dewitzowa give Antonina for sending Magdalena and Maurycy back to the zoo?
8. How did the Jews respond to Himmler trying to liquidate the remaining Jews in the Ghetto in 1943?
9. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?
10. How did the Kenigsweins smuggle their two young boys out of the Ghetto?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Music is mentioned frequently in The Zookeeper’s Wife. Write an essay that discusses the importance of music in Antonina’s life and how she used it to help her Guests endure the war.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing the importance of Szymon Tenenbaum’s insect collection. What did the collection say about Tenenbaum? Why was it important to the Underground? What does the collection symbolize?
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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