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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. What does Vladek dream will happen at Parshas Truma?
(a) He will be released.
(b) His condition in the camp will improve.
(c) He will be killed.
(d) He will get word to his family.

2. Where does Vladek says that he saw the swastika for the first time?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Belgium.

3. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?
(a) He had to praise the Germans.
(b) He had to write in code.
(c) He could not tell the truth of his condition.
(d) He had to write in German.

4. What task is Vladek given after being taken to a camp during the war?
(a) To dig latrines.
(b) To dig graves.
(c) To clean out a stable.
(d) To chop wood.

5. What complication was there when Art Spiegelman was born?
(a) He was premature.
(b) He was a breach birth.
(c) He was almost strangulated by the umbilical cord.
(d) He was sickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Vladek’s brother Marcus kept out of the army?

2. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?

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

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

5. How does Vladek say his father escaped from Russian military service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What animals are people depicted as, in Maus?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Vladek’s experience during battle.

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

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

9. What doubts does Vladek have about Artie’s comic book idea?

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

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