THE ZOOKEEPER WIFE TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What was Antonina's father's occupation - ANSWER Railroad engineer
How old was Antonina when her parents were killed? - ANSWER Nine
What skill did Antonina's grandmother send her to school to study -
ANSWER Piano
What task did Antonina sometimes do in the middle of the night? -
ANSWER Midwife a zoo animal
What kind of tree drew bees to the zoo - ANSWER Linden
What area of the city was directly across the river from the zoo? -
ANSWER Old Town
According to legend, what did the word Poland sound like in Hebrew that
made the Jews want to go there? - ANSWER Rest here
What animal frequently followed Jan around the zoo on his daily bicycle
tours? - ANSWER An elk
Where did the lynxes that Antonina adopted come from? - ANSWER
The Bialowieza Forest
What does Rys mean in Polish? - ANSWER Lynx
What was the name of the rhesus monkey that was stealing babies from
other monkeys? - ANSWER Adolf
What responsibility did Antonina attend to each day at the zoo following
her breakfast? - ANSWER Greeted VIP visitors
, Which animals were the first that a visitor to the zoo would see? -
ANSWER Flamingos
What was the baby elephant's name? - ANSWER Tuzinka
What was the name of the river that bordered the zoo? - ANSWER
Vistula
Who did Jan meet while on a daily bicycle tour of the zoo? - ANSWER
Magdalena
What was Magdalena's profession? - ANSWER Sculptor
What event were Jan and Antonina preparing for when the war began? -
ANSWER The International Association of Zoo Director's annual
meeting
What animal did Antonina and Rys take to their country home with
them? - ANSWER A baby badger
How did Rys first hear about the impending war? - ANSWER From his
friends while at the country house
What did Hitler do to justify an attack on Poland? - ANSWER Staged a
phony attack on a German border town
Who did Antonina and Rys stay with when Jan was first ordered to join
the army and the zoo was evacuated? - ANSWER Antonina's sister-in-
law
What kind of store did Antonina and Rys seek shelter in when Antonina
thought the fourth floor apartment was not safe? - ANSWER
Lampshade store
When Antonina ventured outside of the store they were sheltered in,
what did she see falling from the sky? - ANSWER Feathers
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