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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the next time Vladek goes to Modrezejowska Street?
(a) A roadside bomb goes off.
(b) There is a gun battle.
(c) The Nazis close off the street to inspect people’s papers.
(d) A fight breaks out between Poles and German soldiers.

2. Whose story does Artie say, in Chapter 1, he wants to tell?
(a) His father’s.
(b) His own.
(c) The Holocaust’s.
(d) His mother’s.

3. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Depression.
(c) Nervousness.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

5. How does Vladek say his father escaped from Russian military service?
(a) By pulling out his teeth.
(b) By fleeing to Poland.
(c) By blinding himself.
(d) By cutting off fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anja’s family get the food they need during the war?

2. Who does Vladek run into on Modrezejowska Street?

3. What territory is Vladek’s home in, after the division of Poland?

4. Why does Artie say, in Chpater 1, that he wants to gather this information about Anja?

5. Where do Vladek and Anja live after they are married?

(see the answer key)

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