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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. How does Artie characterize his father’s relationship with Mala?
(a) Critical.
(b) Affectionate.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Supportive.

2. Why does Artie say, in Chpater 1, that he wants to gather this information about Anja?
(a) He says that he wants to tell a personal story, not a story about the Holocaust.
(b) He says that he wants to know his father better.
(c) He says that he won’t know the story until he hears it.
(d) He says that it makes his father’s story more human.

3. In Chapter 1, why does Vladek stop hearing from Anja?
(a) She wanted to play hard to get.
(b) She had doubts about Vladek’s integrity.
(c) She got a letter from Lucia.
(d) She fell ill.

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

5. What is Anja’s involvement with her friend she "always ran to see" even after she and Vladek were married?
(a) She brings him money for political prisoners.
(b) She translates his messages into German.
(c) She helps him write political tracts.
(d) She helps him find houses for refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artie's father doing while he is telling Artie his story?

2. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?

3. How does Vladek characterize his attitude about being in the army?

4. What tools are Vladek and his companions given to work with on his work detail?

5. Who is Lucia Greenberg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news greets Vladek and Anja when they return from Czechoslovakia to Poland?

3. What effect does the birth of Richieu have on Vladek and Anja?

4. What happens to Vladek and Anja in 1939?

5. What is life like at the sanitarium for Vladek and Anja?

6. What consequences do Anja’s political activities have?

7. What animals are people depicted as, in Maus?

8. What explains Vladek’s decision to marry Anja and not Lucia Greenberg?

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

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

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