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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Vladek and Artie are at the bank together, what complaint does Vladek make about Mala?
(a) He says that she is not clean in the house.
(b) He says that she wants to move to the South.
(c) He says that she wants his money for herself.
(d) He says that she always wants to return to Europe.

2. Where does Vladek say he made a bunker in the second house he lived in at Srodula?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In a tin shop.
(c) In factory.
(d) In the attic.

3. Where did Mala’s mother hide, that she survived living in the ghetto?
(a) In a crawlspace.
(b) In a coal cellar.
(c) In an abandoned factory.
(d) Inside a hidden closet.

4. What wakes Artie up at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Vladek is calling to ask Artie to help him with chores.
(b) Vladek is calling to invite Artie to come for dinner.
(c) Vladek is calling to borrow some tools.
(d) Mala is calling because Vladek has climbed out on the roof.

5. How does Mrs. Motonowa get Vladek and Anja to her house?
(a) She smuggles them in barrels.
(b) She pretends to be escorting them to the prison camps.
(c) She hides them in her cart beneath the hay.
(d) She poses as his wife, and Anja as their governess.

6. Why does Artie’s father say that Anja’s Uncle Herman and Aunt Helen were lucky?
(a) They were friends with some powerful Nazis.
(b) They were in New York when the war started.
(c) They had passed as Germans and were saved from the fighting.
(d) The could were in England when the war began.

7. Where is Vladek’s cousin Miloch hiding?
(a) In a factory.
(b) In a basement.
(c) In a garbage pit.
(d) In a piano.

8. What does Vladek use for currency?
(a) Polish zlotys.
(b) German Marks.
(c) Food.
(d) The jewels he saved.

9. What offer does Ilzecki make to Vladek, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) He offers to send Richieu away for safekeeping.
(b) He offers to smuggle Vladek and his wife out of Poland.
(c) He offers to get Vladek a job in a factory.
(d) He offers to help Vladek return to his factory in Bielsko.

10. Where were Vladek and Anja arrested?
(a) In Sosnowiec.
(b) In Bielsko.
(c) In Hungary.
(d) In Latvia.

11. What is Artie's father’s response when Artie says that he should hire someone to fix the broken item in Chapter 4?
(a) Money doesn’t grow on trees.
(b) It isn’t dignified to pay for such simple work.
(c) He can’t afford it.
(d) He can’t find good help.

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

13. Under what condition does Vladek say his cousin risked helping him at Srodula?
(a) If he turned in other Jews.
(b) If he could offer food.
(c) If he could offer protection in turn.
(d) If he paid.

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

15. When is “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” set?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vladek and Anja go from Sosnowiec?

2. What happens the next time Vladek goes to Modrezejowska Street?

3. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

4. What does Vladek give to Mrs. Motonowa for her protection?

5. What does Artie’s father say happens if he does not pedal on his exercise bike?

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