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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 Magdalena compare Antonina to when Jan was praising her for managing the situation with the German soldier during the fire at the barracks?

2. Where did Szczurcio hide when he escaped his cage?

3. What birthday present did Himmler want to give Hitler in 1943?

4. What did Antonina do to try to draw less attention to the Kenigsweins so they could be moved?

5. What was Magdalena Gross's cryptonym?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Zegota member Janina Buchholtz hide the presence of false papers in her office?

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

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

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

7. Why did the Nazi’s portray Jews with rat-like faces in their propaganda?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how Ackerman uses the animal motif to explain the Nazi agenda of creating a master human race. Explain what the Nazi’s hoped to achieve and why and how Ackerman compares that to Lutz Heck’s goal of re-creating extinct species.

Essay Topic 2

Wicek and Kuba play important roles in the lives of the Zabinskis as well as in Ackerman’s development of themes and statements about human behavior. Write an essay that explains the importance of these animals, how the author uses them to develop themes, and what she suggests about human behavior through these animals.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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