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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 does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Los Angeles, CA.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Rego Park, NY.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

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

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

4. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?
(a) They get involved in the resistance.
(b) They turn Anja’s friend in to the police.
(c) They pay the seamstress a good amount of money.
(d) They pay to send Anja’s friend to America.

5. How does Artie describe the relationship between his father and Anja?
(a) They are a good team.
(b) They are affectionate like lovers.
(c) They are like brother and sister.
(d) They don’t get along.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artie's father doing while he is telling Artie his story?

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

3. How does Artie’s father characterize the situation for the Jews in Germany in 1937?

4. How does Vladek characterize his attitude about being in the army?

5. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anja’s family invest in Vladek’s ambitions?

2. What tasks are Vladek and the other prisoners given after the battle?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Artie characterize his relationship with his father?

4. Describe Vladek’s health when Artie sees him again at the beginning of Chapter 2.

5. In addition to Vladek being released from the work camp during Parshas Truma, what events take place at Parshas Truma?

6. What two worlds are juxtaposed in the opening scene?

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

8. How does Artie’s father characterize himself in the time before he met Anja?

9. What political news do Vladek and Anja hear on their way to Czechoslovakia?

10. What is Anja’s involvement in the politics in Czechoslovakia?

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