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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol were Jews forced to wear to identify them as Jews?
(a) The letter J.
(b) A cross.
(c) A picture of a rat.
(d) The star of David.

2. How old was Antonina when her parents were killed?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Nine.

3. What did Jan and Antonina do with the dead antelopes, deer, and horses after the initial attack on Warsaw?
(a) Left their corpses to rot to deter the German soldiers from moving into the zoo.
(b) Had their meat laced with poison and delivered to the German army.
(c) Had them butchered and their meat distributed to the hungry.
(d) Buried them in the garden.

4. What animal frequently followed Jan around the zoo on his daily bicycle tours?
(a) A camel.
(b) A lynx.
(c) An elk.
(d) A baby elephant.

5. Which of the following was one of Lutz Heck's hobbies?
(a) Collecting insects.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Big game hunting.

6. Who sent fruit and vegetable peelings to the zoo to feed the animals in the fall after Warsaw's surrender?
(a) The people of Warsaw.
(b) Lutz Heck.
(c) Dr. Muller.
(d) Hitler.

7. How many people were confined to the 20 blocks that constituted the Ghetto?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 250,000.

8. What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following her breakfast?
(a) Greeted VIP visitors.
(b) Fed the elephants.
(c) Did the laundry.
(d) Taught Rys his daily lessons.

9. What does Rys mean in Polish?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Starling.
(c) Lynx.
(d) Lion.

10. What was Rys told about the Guests who stayed at the zoo?
(a) That they were all colleagues of his father.
(b) That they were fellow zookeepers.
(c) That he had to keep them a secret.
(d) That they were German soldiers.

11. Where did Jan build an ammunitions dump for the Home Army?
(a) Near the rabbit hutch.
(b) In the basement of the villa.
(c) The elephant enclosure.
(d) The Pheasant House.

12. What was Jan collecting in the boxes he placed on shelves in the villa's kitchen?
(a) Springs for his research instruments.
(b) False documents.
(c) Fuses for bombs.
(d) Insects.

13. Who did Antonina supposedly remind Lutz Heck of?
(a) His wife.
(b) His first love.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

14. Who was Danglu Leist?
(a) One of Hitler's top officers.
(b) The Polish vice president of Warsaw.
(c) The German president of Warsaw.
(d) The director of the Berlin Zoo.

15. Who helped Jan to return to Warsaw during the initial battle?
(a) Lutz Heck.
(b) Dr. Muller.
(c) Maurycy Fraenkel.
(d) Adam Englert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Antonina that the Polish army was planning to surrender?

2. What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo?

3. How did Jan and Antonina know the German soldier who came to the villa to tell them that Lutz Heck wanted to see them?

4. What song did Antonina play on the piano as a warning signal for the Guests?

5. What did the people of Warsaw gather in the streets to see after Poland surrendered?

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