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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. Who tells Antonina about Rys's and his friend's plan to sabotage the Germans?

2. What percentage of the Orthodox community was lost during World War II?

3. How did Jan say Antonina was able to convince the German soldier of how the fire at the barracks started?

4. What excuse did Irena Sendler use to gain access to the Ghetto?

5. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Magdalena Gross get the cryptonym “Starling”?

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

4. How did the Kenigsweins smuggle their two young boys out of the Ghetto?

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

6. What reason did Mrs. Dewitzowa give Antonina for sending Magdalena and Maurycy back to the zoo?

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

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

9. What did Feliks Cywinski do periodically to hide the fact that he was rescuing Jews?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay describing how the author develops the theme of what makes a house a home. How does Antonina make the villa a home even after the war starts? How does she make the schoolhouse a home?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses several Biblical references in describing the villa. Write an essay examining the use of those references and why the author uses them.

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