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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the zoo's cryptonym?
(a) The House Under a Full Moon.
(b) The House Under a Crazy Star.
(c) The Monkey House.
(d) The Lynx House.

3. What did Hitler do to justify an attack on Poland?
(a) Claimed the Jews were planning to invade Germany.
(b) Portrayed the Jews as evil people who needed to be exterminated.
(c) Claimed Poland was building up weapons to attack Germany.
(d) Staged a phony attack on a German border town.

4. Which of the following is an extinct animal that Lutz Heck hoped to re-create?
(a) Mammoth.
(b) Saber toothed cat.
(c) Tarpan.
(d) Giant sloth.

5. What did Antonina send with Jan to deliver when he went into the Ghetto to collect scraps to feed the pigs?
(a) Packets of food.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothing donations.
(d) Letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store did Antonina and Rys seek shelter in when Antonina thought the fourth floor apartment was not safe?

2. What kind of animal was Rys's pet named Morys?

3. What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following her breakfast?

4. Where did Jan build an ammunitions dump for the Home Army?

5. Who ruled Warsaw after the surrender?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Antonina glad Rys was not with her when she travelled back to the country home after visiting Jan in Warsaw?

2. Why was Antonina shocked by what Lutz Heck said about Germany’s chances of the war?

3. Why did Wanda and Adam Englert divorce?

4. Why did Antonina initially turn down Lutz Heck’s offer of help for the zoo?

5. How does the author describe the sounds of the zoo in the morning before the war?

6. How did Antonina describe her friend Magdalena?

7. Why did the Resistance use cryptonyms?

8. What made Antonina feel hopeful at first when Lutz Heck came to visit the villa?

9. What special ability did Antonina have that Jan described as “metaphysical waves”?

10. Why were the Warsaw Zoo’s polar bears shot by Polish soldiers?

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