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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the age difference between Artie's father and Anja?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) Six years.

3. What business was Artie's father in before the war?
(a) Sales.
(b) Textiles.
(c) Finance.
(d) Manufacturing.

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

5. What medical condition does Artie's father have?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

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

7. In Chapter 1, why does Vladek stop hearing from Anja?
(a) She got a letter from Lucia.
(b) She had doubts about Vladek’s integrity.
(c) She wanted to play hard to get.
(d) She fell ill.

8. What wedding gift does Artie’s father say his father-in-law gave him?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) Investments.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) An inscribed copy of the Torah.

9. What is Vladek and Anja’s reaction to Vladek being drafted?
(a) Vladek reports, and Anja returns to her parents’.
(b) Vladek is taken away, and Anja runs the factory.
(c) Vladek reports, and Anja goes to live with a neighbor.
(d) Vladek and Anja pack and leave for America.

10. What does Vladek do to get back in touch with Anja after she stopped contacting him?
(a) He asks Anja’s father to intercede.
(b) He travels to her town at the weekend.
(c) He writes her long letters.
(d) He phones until she agrees to take his call.

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

12. 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 it was not that bad yet.
(c) He says that they were being exiled.
(d) He says that they were being persecuted.

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

14. When were Vladek and Anja married?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1934.

15. 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) He was beaten and then released.
(d) She died in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Artie’s father say he lived during the Great War?

2. What plans do Anja’s family and Vladek make after the birth of Vladek and Anja’s first son?

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

4. Why does Vladek say his position as a Jew in Poland is less secure than his position as a prisoner of war?

5. What experience does Art Spiegelman’s father contrast with Art’s experience of his friends skating away when his skate broke?

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