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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Vladek stationed when he was in the Polish army?
(a) On the Russian frontier.
(b) Deep inside Poland.
(c) At the German frontier.
(d) At the coast in the north.

2. What tools are Vladek and his companions given to work with on his work detail?
(a) Sledgehammers.
(b) Shovels.
(c) Hammers.
(d) Saws.

3. What objection does Artie’s father make about the material Artie is gathering?
(a) He says that it has nothing to do with Hitler.
(b) He says that it is private.
(c) He says that it is irrelevant.
(d) He says that it violates Anja’s memory.

4. How does the process of gathering information change Artie’s relationship with his father?
(a) He starts to visit more often.
(b) He starts to fight with him more often.
(c) He starts to relinquish his anger at his father.
(d) He starts to resent his father.

5. What events also took place on Parshas Truma?
(a) Vladek was drafted.
(b) Anja gave birth to Richieu.
(c) Anja was born.
(d) Vladek and Anja were married.

6. Where do Vladek and Anja live after they are married?
(a) In an apartment building owned by Anja’s father.
(b) In a rented studio.
(c) In a house Vladek buys.
(d) In Anja’s family’s house.

7. When does Artie’s father say he quit school to work?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eighteen.

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

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

10. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?
(a) They pay the seamstress a good amount of money.
(b) They get involved in the resistance.
(c) They pay to send Anja’s friend to America.
(d) They turn Anja’s friend in to the police.

11. How does Vladek characterize his attitude about being in the army?
(a) He was anxious to prove himself a true Pole.
(b) He says that he didn’t want to shoot anyone, so he shot blindly.
(c) He was opposed to violence in any form.
(d) He was willing to kill Germans if it kept Poland free.

12. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Los Angeles, CA.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Rego Park, NY.

13. How much training does Vladek say he got in the Polish army?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few months.
(c) A few weeks
(d) A year.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anja’s involvement with her friend she "always ran to see" even after she and Vladek were married?

2. What does Anja’s teacher tell Artie's father tell about Anja?

3. Whose story does Artie say, in Chapter 1, he wants to tell?

4. Who is the friend Anja “always ran to see” even after she and Vladek were married?

5. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?

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