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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Artie’s father characterize the situation for the Jews in Germany in 1937?
(a) He says that they were already being systematically executed.
(b) He says that they were being persecuted.
(c) He says that they were being exiled.
(d) He says that it was not that bad yet.

2. What new tool has Artie brought with him to interview his father?
(a) A new fountain pen.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) An assistant.
(d) A typewriter.

3. What do Vladek’s fellow prisoners pay him with, for his help?
(a) Money.
(b) Contacts with good smugglers.
(c) Food.
(d) Favors.

4. What period is covered by Chapter 1?
(a) 1980 to 1985.
(b) 1930s to 1944.
(c) 1920s to 1930s.
(d) 1944 to 1951.

5. What is the punishment for even minor violations of laws during the war?
(a) Public shaming.
(b) Being sent to a work camp.
(c) Death.
(d) Imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anja tutor Mrs. Motonowa’s son in?

2. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?

3. How does the process of gathering information change Artie’s relationship with his father?

4. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?

5. What wakes Artie up at the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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