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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Vladek’s accommodations in the POW camp?
(a) Dormitories.
(b) Heated cabins.
(c) Unheated tents.
(d) Unheated shacks.

2. When did Vladek first serve in the army?
(a) At 21.
(b) At 24.
(c) At 16.
(d) At 18.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What criticism does Lucia make of Anja?
(a) That she is poor.
(b) That she is stupid.
(c) That she is not good looking.
(d) That she is demanding.

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

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

12. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?
(a) He had to write in code.
(b) He had to praise the Germans.
(c) He could not tell the truth of his condition.
(d) He had to write in German.

13. Where does Artie’s father say he lived during the Great War?
(a) In Poland.
(b) In Russia.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In England.

14. Where did Artie's father meet Anja?
(a) During a visit to his family.
(b) In a park.
(c) At the factory where he worked.
(d) In a library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What task is Vladek assigned to after being captured in the war?

2. What tools are Vladek and his companions given to work with on his work detail?

3. What business was Artie's father in before the war?

4. What is the age difference between Artie's father and Anja?

5. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?

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