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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the process of gathering information change Artie’s relationship with his father?
(a) He starts to fight with him more often.
(b) He starts to visit more often.
(c) He starts to resent his father.
(d) He starts to relinquish his anger at his father.

2. How does Artie’s father characterize Anja’s relationship with Artie?
(a) He says that she was too selfish to care about anyone else.
(b) He says that she was too easy on him.
(c) He says that she was too strict about food and other things.
(d) He says that she loved her son more than she loved her husband.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Artie urge his father to do, regarding his story?
(a) Speed up his narration.
(b) Tell him the history of each of the people he mentions.
(c) Tell him every detail.
(d) Keep his story chronologically straight.

4. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?
(a) They pay the seamstress a good amount of money.
(b) They turn Anja’s friend in to the police.
(c) They pay to send Anja’s friend to America.
(d) They get involved in the resistance.

5. Why does Vladek hide his money from his in-laws?
(a) He doesn’t want to draw attention to his success in the market.
(b) He wants to plan his escape from Poland.
(c) He does not trust them.
(d) He knows they will just spend it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artie's father’s response when Artie says that he should hire someone to fix the broken item in Chapter 4?

2. How does Artie’s father characterize the situation for the Jews in Germany in 1937?

3. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?

4. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?

5. Where does Vladek get a work card?

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