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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. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Eleven or twelve.
(b) Fifteen or sixteen.
(c) Six or seven.
(d) Three or four.

2. When were Vladek and Anja married?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1934.

3. What tools are Vladek and his companions given to work with on his work detail?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Saws.
(c) Sledgehammers.
(d) Hammers.

4. When does Maus begin?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1944.

5. In Chapter 1, why does Vladek stop hearing from Anja?
(a) She wanted to play hard to get.
(b) She had doubts about Vladek’s integrity.
(c) She got a letter from Lucia.
(d) She fell ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Vladek’s chess set made of?

2. What events also took place on Parshas Truma?

3. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?

4. What medical condition does Artie's father have?

5. What reason does Artie's father give for what he is doing in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Vladek’s dream and its meaning.

4. Describe Vladek’s accommodations at the POW camp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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