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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?
(a) He had to praise the Germans.
(b) He had to write in code.
(c) He could not tell the truth of his condition.
(d) He had to write in German.

2. When were Vladek and Anja married?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1937.

3. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Anja’s brother.
(c) His father.
(d) Lucia’s brother.

4. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?
(a) Worse than the POW camp.
(b) The same as the POW camp.
(c) Much more comfortable than the POW camp.
(d) More comfortable, but less safe than the POW camp.

5. How does Vladek keep from being beaten when he is taken captive in the war?
(a) He lays down, curled up in a ball.
(b) He offers to give the soldiers money.
(c) He gives the soldiers information about the Polish strategy.
(d) He speaks to the soldiers in German.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the war begin for Vladek?

2. 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?

3. What starts to happen in the town where Vladek and Anja live after they've had their son?

4. What does Vladek dream will happen at Parshas Truma?

5. What task is Vladek assigned to after being captured in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anja’s family invest in Vladek’s ambitions?

2. What happens to Vladek and Anja in 1939?

3. What tasks are Vladek and his companions given at the work assignment?

4. Describe Vladek’s health when Artie sees him again at the beginning of Chapter 2.

5. How does Vladek get back to Sosnowiec?

6. What doubts does Vladek have about Artie’s comic book idea?

7. What doubts does Vladek have about Anja before he marries her?

8. What tasks are Vladek and the other prisoners given after the battle?

9. What does Vladek do with Artie’s jacket?

10. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg, as described in Chapter 1.

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