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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What plans do Anja’s family and Vladek make after the birth of Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) Vladek and Anja move to Sosnowiec together to start their family.
(b) Vladek moves to Sosnowiec to wait for Anja.
(c) Vladek and Anja go to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia.
(d) Vladek and Anja split up temporarily.

3. What does Anja’s teacher tell Artie's father tell about Anja?
(a) He has never had a student as sensitive and intelligent as her.
(b) He had hoped to marry her himself.
(c) He has never seen anyone work as hard as Anja worked.
(d) He has never known someone so refined and cultured as her.

4. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Fifteen or sixteen.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Eleven or twelve.
(d) Three or four.

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

6. How does Vladek insult Artie without meaning to?
(a) He throws out his coat.
(b) He refuses to let Artie get up until he has eaten all of his food.
(c) He takes Artie’s money to save it for him.
(d) He chastises him like a child about the ash from his cigarettes.

7. What happens to disturb Vladek and Anja’s peace in 1939?
(a) Richieu dies.
(b) The factory burns down.
(c) Vladek is drafted.
(d) Anja is sick.

8. How did Vladek’s father try to keep him out of the army?
(a) He got him an officer’s commission.
(b) He was put on a starvation diet for three months.
(c) He tried to get him a student deferment.
(d) He tried to get officers to exempt him.

9. How does Artie's father surprise Anja on their first date?
(a) By understanding her when she speaks in English.
(b) By knowing her parents and family.
(c) By knowing her friends from school.
(d) By knowing many details about her.

10. How did Vladek end up in the army after all?
(a) They lowered the requirements so that he was now healthy enough to be inducted.
(b) He was deemed healthy in spite of having starved himself down again.
(c) He refused to go on the starvation diet the second time.
(d) He was drafted.

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

12. What does Vladek say was his reaction to someone getting arrested because of the work Anja did for her friend during the war time?
(a) He wanted to participate in the conspiracies.
(b) He was ready to break off his marriage.
(c) He wanted to go to America.
(d) He wanted Anja to repair the damage she’d done.

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

14. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s relationships before marriage?
(a) He says that she had one boyfriend but it wasn’t serious.
(b) He says that she had no romantic relationships.
(c) He says that she had been engaged a couple of times before him.
(d) He says that she had a fiancé who died of pneumonia.

15. How often do Vladek and Anja see each other once Vladek’s father-in-law’s business plans for Vladek come through?
(a) Every six months.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every month.
(d) Irregularly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artie’s father characterize Anja’s relationship with Artie?

2. What does Artie's father chide him with, while he is telling Artie stories?

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

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

5. What percentage of the workers stayed at the work camp, according to Vladek?

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