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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?
(a) The arrival of the guard’s ranking officer.
(b) His ability to bribe the officer.
(c) His connection with Haskel Spiegelman.
(d) The arrival of a crowd of Jews.

3. Who ultimately takes Richieu away from the ghetto?
(a) Freedom fighters.
(b) Vladek’s father.
(c) Persis.
(d) The Germans.

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

5. What accusation does Artie make to his father when he finds out that Vladek had destroyed Anja’s journals?
(a) Selfish man.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Liar.

6. In what way does Mala say Vladek is unique among people she knew from the camps?
(a) No one else is so cheap.
(b) No one else is so sulky.
(c) No one else is so manipulative.
(d) No one else is so generous.

7. Who were the guards at Srodula?
(a) Russian soldiers.
(b) Jews with sticks.
(c) German soldiers.
(d) Polish soldiers.

8. Where are Vladek and Anja reunited?
(a) At Auschwitz.
(b) After Auschwitz.
(c) In the truck to Auschwitz.
(d) In the prison.

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

10. What happens when Vladek and Anja are followed after leaving Mrs. Motonowa’s house?
(a) They are arrested.
(b) The soldiers search them.
(c) The people continue without bothering them.
(d) They have to run to get away from the people following them.

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) It isn’t dignified to pay for such simple work.
(b) He can’t afford it.
(c) He can’t find good help.
(d) Money doesn’t grow on trees.

12. What complaint does Mala make about Vladek at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) That he is resentful.
(b) That he is violent.
(c) That he is depressed.
(d) That he is stingy.

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

14. What does Vladek find out is the problem with his in-laws’ family’s finance during the war?
(a) Their taxes have been raised so high that they are making textiles at a loss.
(b) They have lost their factories, but they are still living like they did before the war.
(c) The cost of things has risen so high that they cannot maintain their lifestyle.
(d) They have to pay so much to bribe German soldiers that there is hardly enough to live on.

15. What is Vladek doing when Artie sees him next in Chapter 5?
(a) Bicycling.
(b) Sorting nails.
(c) Reading.
(d) Fixing the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Anja’s last words to Artie?

2. What convinces Vladek to flee from Poland?

3. How had Artie’s mother killed herself?

4. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

5. How do Vladek’s in-laws distract themselves from the war?

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