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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Zylberberg family go on January 1, 1942?
(a) A work camp.
(b) A smaller apartment.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) A factory.

2. In Chapter 4, what does Artie urge his father to do, regarding his story?
(a) Keep his story chronologically straight.
(b) Tell him every detail.
(c) Speed up his narration.
(d) Tell him the history of each of the people he mentions.

3. How many ounces of bread is each member of Vladek's inlaws entitled to during the war, with the coupons the Germans have issued?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

4. Who did the Germans round up in the spring of 1944?
(a) The old people.
(b) The working-age men.
(c) The women.
(d) The children.

5. How does Artie says that his father influenced his decision to become an artist?
(a) It was a field where he wouldn’t have to compete with his father.
(b) It was an area that would keep him close to his father.
(c) His father had taught him to draw and design things.
(d) He had always wanted to represent his father’s stories.

6. Where does Vladek ride when he takes the street car into town?
(a) The German car.
(b) The Polish car.
(c) The Jewish car.
(d) The foreigners’ car.

7. How does Anja’s family get the food they need during the war?
(a) They steal from the Germans.
(b) They trade textiles for food.
(c) The black market.
(d) They import it themselves.

8. Why do the Germans leave Vladek’s mother-in-law’s nice bedroom set alone when they come to plunder the household?
(a) Vladek’s father-in-law bribes them.
(b) Vladek’s father-in-law keeps the soldiers from seeing that bedroom.
(c) Vladek’s family hides the bedroom set.
(d) They do not take it because she is ill.

9. What does Anja tutor Mrs. Motonowa’s son in?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Hebrew.

10. Who found Artie’s mother’s body?
(a) Artie
(b) Vladek.
(c) Artie’s sister.
(d) Anja’s sister.

11. Where does Vladek send Miloch and his wife and child?
(a) To Sosnowiec.
(b) To Hungary
(c) To the police.
(d) To Mrs. Motonowa’s.

12. As related in Chapter 6, how does Vladek help his fellow prisoners?
(a) He smuggles them food.
(b) He distracts the guard so one can flee.
(c) He writes letters in German.
(d) He bribes the guard for more food.

13. Where did Vladek and Anja and her family live in Srodula?
(a) An apartment.
(b) The streets.
(c) A shack.
(d) A prison.

14. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?
(a) He pays a German officer to keep him from being deported.
(b) He gives him forged papers that allow him to travel.
(c) He gives him somewhere to hide when the Nazis are rounding up Jews.
(d) He vouches for him when the Germans have arrested him.

15. What does Vladek tell the smugglers?
(a) That he needs guarantees.
(b) That he is ready to leave.
(c) That he will go in the future.
(d) That he doesn’t have enough money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vladek hide his money from his in-laws?

2. What does Artie say overwhelms him at his mother’s funeral?

3. What does the individual whom Vladek runs into on Modrezejowska Street give him?

4. Why do Vladek and Anja have to leave Mrs. Motonowa’s house?

5. What does Artie’s father say his home was like when he returned from the POW camp?

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