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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Artie's father give for what he is doing in Chapter 2?
(a) He says that it reduces his pains.
(b) He says that it is important for him to keep himself alive.
(c) He says that his doctor requires it.
(d) He says that it minimizes his expenses.

2. How did Vladek’s father try to keep him out of the army?
(a) He tried to get him a student deferment.
(b) He tried to get officers to exempt him.
(c) He got him an officer’s commission.
(d) He was put on a starvation diet for three months.

3. How does Vladek characterize the head of his ghetto?
(a) A man who wanted to be a king.
(b) A man who took care of his Jews.
(c) A man who only took care of his own family.
(d) A man who thought only of himself.

4. Where did Mala’s mother hide, that she survived living in the ghetto?
(a) In an abandoned factory.
(b) Inside a hidden closet.
(c) In a crawlspace.
(d) In a coal cellar.

5. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?
(a) Tickets to America.
(b) A textile shop.
(c) A textile factory.
(d) A political appointment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Artie been, when "Prisoner from the Hell Planet" begins?

2. What were Anja’s last words to Artie?

3. What does Vladek say was Anja’s response to his strong reaction to someone getting arrested due to the work she was doing for her friend during the war?

4. What work are Vladek and his fellows given for their work detail?

5. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?

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