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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Vladek stationed when he was in the Polish army?
(a) On the Russian frontier.
(b) Deep inside Poland.
(c) At the German frontier.
(d) At the coast in the north.

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

3. Why does Artie say, in Chpater 1, that he wants to gather this information about Anja?
(a) He says that he wants to know his father better.
(b) He says that he wants to tell a personal story, not a story about the Holocaust.
(c) He says that he won’t know the story until he hears it.
(d) He says that it makes his father’s story more human.

4. What is Artie's father doing when Artie sees him again in Chapter 2?
(a) Working out.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Counting pills.
(d) Building book shelves.

5. What effect did Vladek’s shooting have in the war, during the battle before he was captured?
(a) He shot more than one German.
(b) He shot blindly, and did no damage.
(c) He shot one German soldier.
(d) He only shot in the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artie characterize his father’s relationship with Mala?

2. Who gets arrested because of the work Anja does for her friend?

3. When does Maus begin?

4. What task is Vladek given after being taken to a camp during the war?

5. In Chapter 1, why does Vladek stop hearing from Anja?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vladek get back to Sosnowiec?

2. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg, as described in Chapter 1.

3. What is life like at the sanitarium for Vladek and Anja?

4. What does Vladek do with Artie’s jacket?

5. Describe Vladek’s experience during battle.

6. What effect does the birth of Richieu have on Vladek and Anja?

7. What consequences do Anja’s political activities have?

8. What happens to Vladek and Anja in 1939?

9. How is it that Vladek comes to know English?

10. What tasks are Vladek and his companions given at the work assignment?

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