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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. How many boxes did Antonina recall there were in Szymon Tenenbaum's insect collection?

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

3. Who sold his own house to purchase apartments to hide Jews in?

4. What were Jews passing as Aryans called?

5. What kind of face did Nazi Posters depict Jewish people as having?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the importance of codenames to the Underground. Why do they use them? What do the names reveal about the people they are chosen for? Provide examples of codenames and explain their meanings.

Essay Topic 2

When Maurycy is renamed Pawel (Paul), he gives the hamster a new name, Piotr (Peter), and says they will be like the disciples. Write an essay that explains what Maurycy means by this and what or who they will be disciples of.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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