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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. After their son is born, what do Vladek and Anja hear is going on in Germany?
(a) War.
(b) Reconciliation.
(c) A pogrom.
(d) Civil war.

2. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. When did the war begin for Vladek?
(a) July 15, 1938.
(b) September 1, 1939.
(c) April 30, 1938.
(d) May 1, 1940.

4. What percentage of the workers stayed at the work camp, according to Vladek?
(a) 25%
(b) 80%
(c) 60%
(d) 50%

5. What objection does Artie’s father make about the material Artie is gathering?
(a) He says that it is irrelevant.
(b) He says that it has nothing to do with Hitler.
(c) He says that it violates Anja’s memory.
(d) He says that it is private.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tools are Vladek and his companions given to work with on his work detail?

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

3. How often do Vladek and Anja see each other once Vladek’s father-in-law’s business plans for Vladek come through?

4. What does Anja’s closet tell Vladek about her character?

5. How does Artie's father surprise Anja on their first date?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What explains Vladek’s decision to marry Anja and not Lucia Greenberg?

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

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

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

7. How was Vladek kept out of the Polish army the first time, and why did he end up going into the army the next year?

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

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

10. What news greets Vladek and Anja when they return from Czechoslovakia to Poland?

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