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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ounces of bread is each member of Vladek's inlaws entitled to during the war, with the coupons the Germans have issued?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

2. What task is Vladek given after being taken to a camp during the war?
(a) To clean out a stable.
(b) To chop wood.
(c) To dig graves.
(d) To dig latrines.

3. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s reaction after giving birth?
(a) She was sick.
(b) She was proud.
(c) She was delighted.
(d) She was depressed.

4. What experience does Art Spiegelman’s father contrast with Art’s experience of his friends skating away when his skate broke?
(a) His experience as a soldier.
(b) His experience in the Holocaust.
(c) His experience as a father.
(d) His experience as a young boy.

5. What does Artie's father chide him with, while he is telling Artie stories?
(a) Not having experienced anything like the Holocaust.
(b) Dropping cigarette ash on the carpet.
(c) Not asking enough questions
(d) Listening so passively.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were living in Vladek’s father-in-law’s household?

2. What medical condition does Artie's father have?

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

4. Why does Artie’s father say that Anja’s Uncle Herman and Aunt Helen were lucky?

5. What period is covered by Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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