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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the workers stayed at the work camp, according to Vladek?
(a) 50%
(b) 25%
(c) 80%
(d) 60%

2. What does Vladek find out is the problem with his in-laws’ family’s finance during the war?
(a) They have to pay so much to bribe German soldiers that there is hardly enough to live on.
(b) The cost of things has risen so high that they cannot maintain their lifestyle.
(c) They have lost their factories, but they are still living like they did before the war.
(d) Their taxes have been raised so high that they are making textiles at a loss.

3. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?
(a) She can’t get the ingredients she needs.
(b) She cannot make as much of as she would like.
(c) She cannot afford to use as much fuel as it takes to cook it right.
(d) She can’t remember the recipe.

4. How does Vladek keep from being beaten when he is taken captive in the war?
(a) He lays down, curled up in a ball.
(b) He gives the soldiers information about the Polish strategy.
(c) He speaks to the soldiers in German.
(d) He offers to give the soldiers money.

5. What happened in the Bielsko factory while Vladek and Anja were away?
(a) There were labor riots
(b) There was a fire.
(c) There was a murder.
(d) It was robbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the age difference between Artie's father and Anja?

2. What is the punishment for even minor violations of laws during the war?

3. What question is Vladek forced to answer when a man stumbles upon the bunker he has made?

4. What saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?

5. How many ounces of bread is each member of Vladek's inlaws entitled to during the war, with the coupons the Germans have issued?

(see the answer key)

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