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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Artie describe the position his mother puts him in by killing herself?
(a) He feels like a priest, who has heard her confession.
(b) He feels like a child, who cannot offer his mother anything.
(c) He feels like an artist, who can only feel his experiences if he uses them for his art.
(d) He feels like a prisoner, who is guilty for having killed her.

3. Under what condition does Vladek say his cousin risked helping him at Srodula?
(a) If he paid.
(b) If he could offer protection in turn.
(c) If he could offer food.
(d) If he turned in other Jews.

4. What events also took place on Parshas Truma?
(a) Anja gave birth to Richieu.
(b) Vladek was drafted.
(c) Anja was born.
(d) Vladek and Anja were married.

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 knows they will just spend it.
(d) He does not trust them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Artie's father meet Anja?

2. What does Vladek volunteer for while in the POW camp?

3. What happens the next time Vladek goes to Modrezejowska Street?

4. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?

5. Who is the friend Anja “always ran to see” even after she and Vladek were married?

(see the answer key)

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