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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 Anja’s closet tell Vladek about her character?
(a) She hides her messes.
(b) She has expensive tastes.
(c) She is not very tidy.
(d) She keeps things neat.

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

3. Who gets arrested because of the work Anja does for her friend?
(a) Anja’s seamstress.
(b) Anja.
(c) Vladek.
(d) Anja’s father.

4. What happened to Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) He moved to Brazil.
(b) He emigrated to Australia.
(c) He died in infancy.
(d) He died during the war.

5. What is Anja’s involvement with her friend she "always ran to see" even after she and Vladek were married?
(a) She helps him write political tracts.
(b) She brings him money for political prisoners.
(c) She translates his messages into German.
(d) She helps him find houses for refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?

2. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?

3. What does Vladek volunteer for while in the POW camp?

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

5. What does Vladek say was his reaction to someone getting arrested because of the work Anja did for her friend during the war time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Artie characterize his father’s relationship with Mala, his wife?

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

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

8. Describe the partition of Poland under the Nazis.

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

10. What problems does Artie's father have with his eyes?

(see the answer keys)

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