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

2. Who is Lucia Greenberg?
(a) The first girl Artie's father has a relationship with.
(b) Art Spiegelman’s mother.
(c) Artie's father’s first wife.
(d) Artie's father’s friend.

3. What does Artie’s father say Anja was doing during their time in the ghetto?
(a) Taking care of neighborhood children.
(b) Selling things on the black market.
(c) Housework, and writing in her journal.
(d) Researching methods of escape.

4. What does Vladek dream will happen at Parshas Truma?
(a) He will get word to his family.
(b) He will be killed.
(c) His condition in the camp will improve.
(d) He will be released.

5. What was the outcome for the person who was arrested due to Anja's work for her friend?
(a) She remained in prison for three months but was let go.
(b) He was beaten and then released.
(c) She died in prison.
(d) Her parents bailed her out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vladek and Anja’s reaction to Vladek being drafted?

2. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?

3. What business was Artie's father in before the war?

4. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?

5. How many people were living in Vladek’s father-in-law’s household?

(see the answer key)

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