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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. Where did Szczurcio hide when he escaped his cage?
2. What animal did Magdalena Gross sculpt as a gift for Jan?
3. How did Antonina know Regina Kenigswein's father?
4. What did Rys find the boys who hid in the Pheasant House surrounded by when he went in to introduce himself?
5. What medical procedure did Jewish men sometimes have to help them pass as Aryan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Antonina write in her journal that the author said was as close as she ever got to writing about being an orphan?
2. Why was Rys the one usually chosen to deliver meals to Guests staying in animal enclosures?
3. Why do the Poles claim Janusz Korczak as a martyr?
4. Why did Rabbi Shapira think it was important for Jews in the Ghetto to commune with nature?
5. Why did Jan talk to Rys as though he were a soldier when he confronted the boy about his plan to bomb a haystack?
6. How did the Kenigsweins smuggle their two young boys out of the Ghetto?
7. Why did Antonina consider Fox Man’s cat, Balbina, a good citizen of the villa?
8. Why does Ackerman describe Wicek the rabbit as a “fat, furry thug”?
9. Why were the boys hiding in the Pheasant House confused when Rys introduced himself?
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 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 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 about the animals that shared the Zabinskis’ home. Why does Ackerman write about them? What was their importance to the people at the villa? How does Ackerman use their stories to explain or mirror things that are going on in the human world?
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