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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After their son is born, what do Vladek and Anja hear is going on in Germany?
(a) A pogrom.
(b) Civil war.
(c) War.
(d) Reconciliation.

2. 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 young boy.
(b) His experience in the Holocaust.
(c) His experience as a soldier.
(d) His experience as a father.

3. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?
(a) A political appointment.
(b) A textile shop.
(c) A textile factory.
(d) Tickets to America.

4. What is Vladek and Anja’s reaction to Vladek being drafted?
(a) Vladek reports, and Anja returns to her parents’.
(b) Vladek and Anja pack and leave for America.
(c) Vladek reports, and Anja goes to live with a neighbor.
(d) Vladek is taken away, and Anja runs the factory.

5. What reason does Artie's father give for what he is doing in Chapter 2?
(a) He says that it minimizes his expenses.
(b) He says that it reduces his pains.
(c) He says that it is important for him to keep himself alive.
(d) He says that his doctor requires it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Vladek and Anja’s first son?

2. What happens to disturb Vladek and Anja’s peace in 1939?

3. How does Vladek keep from being beaten when he is taken captive in the war?

4. What is Artie's father doing while he is telling Artie his story?

5. How does Vladek say his father escaped from Russian military service?

(see the answer key)

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