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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Anja’s friend get her in trouble with?
(a) Vladek.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her parents.
(d) The police.

2. How does Artie’s father characterize his relationship with women?
(a) He says that he was deeply committed to one girl at a time.
(b) He says they were seeking him out.
(c) He says that he often toyed with them.
(d) He says that was quite shy.

3. What does Artie's father chide him with, while he is telling Artie stories?
(a) Not having experienced anything like the Holocaust.
(b) Listening so passively.
(c) Dropping cigarette ash on the carpet.
(d) Not asking enough questions

4. What problem does Vladek have with his eyes?
(a) He has one glass eye, and cataracts in the other.
(b) He has ruptured blood vessels in his eyes, and has reduced vision.
(c) He has macular degeneration in both eyes.
(d) He has glaucoma in both eyes.

5. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?
(a) Much more comfortable than the POW camp.
(b) The same as the POW camp.
(c) Worse than the POW camp.
(d) More comfortable, but less safe than the POW camp.

6. What does Anja’s closet tell Vladek about her character?
(a) She is not very tidy.
(b) She keeps things neat.
(c) She hides her messes.
(d) She has expensive tastes.

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

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

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

10. What effect did Vladek’s shooting have in the war, during the battle before he was captured?
(a) He shot more than one German.
(b) He shot one German soldier.
(c) He shot blindly, and did no damage.
(d) He only shot in the air.

11. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?
(a) It reminds her why they must carry on.
(b) It convinces her that she can trust him.
(c) It reassures her.
(d) It lifts her spirits.

12. What happened to Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) He emigrated to Australia.
(b) He died during the war.
(c) He died in infancy.
(d) He moved to Brazil.

13. Who does Artie’s father say he was often compared to?
(a) Rudolph Valentino.
(b) Fred Astaire.
(c) Humphrey Bogart.
(d) John Wayne.

14. 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) Her parents bailed her out.
(c) She died in prison.
(d) He was beaten and then released.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vladek volunteer for while in the POW camp?

2. How does Artie describe the relationship between his father and Anja?

3. What are Vladek’s accommodations in the POW camp?

4. What does Vladek say was Anja’s response to his strong reaction to someone getting arrested due to the work she was doing for her friend during the war?

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

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