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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 did Himmler study before the war?

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

3. What talent did Fox Man entertain the Guests with?

4. What was Maurycy Fraenkel's profession?

5. What does Punia, the nickname Jan gave Antonina, mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Jan and Antonina carry cyanide pills with them?

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

6. Why was Fox Man’s offer of a bookkeeping job so important to Maurycy Fraenkel?

7. Why was Antonina confined to bed for several months?

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

9. In Janusz Korczak’s story about an astronomer named Zi who lived on the planet Ro, why did Zi consider destroying Earth?

10. What did Antonina write in her journal that the author said was as close as she ever got to writing about being an orphan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the author’s choice to write about modern-day Poland in the final chapter. What purpose does this serve? What message does the author hope to leave readers with?

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