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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 effect did Vladek’s shooting have in the war, during the battle before he was captured?
(a) He only shot in the air.
(b) He shot blindly, and did no damage.
(c) He shot more than one German.
(d) He shot one German soldier.

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

3. 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 pay to send Anja’s friend to America.
(c) They pay the seamstress a good amount of money.
(d) They turn Anja’s friend in to the police.

4. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?
(a) The same as the POW camp.
(b) Worse than the POW camp.
(c) More comfortable, but less safe than the POW camp.
(d) Much more comfortable than the POW camp.

5. What is the age difference between Artie's father and Anja?
(a) Six years.
(b) They are the same age.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experience does Art Spiegelman’s father contrast with Art’s experience of his friends skating away when his skate broke?

2. What problem does Vladek have with his eyes?

3. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s relationships before marriage?

4. What was the outcome for the person who was arrested due to Anja's work for her friend?

5. How does Vladek keep from being beaten when he is taken captive in the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What doubts does Vladek have about Anja before he marries her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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