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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 does Artie’s father characterize Anja’s relationship with Artie?
(a) He says that she was too easy on him.
(b) He says that she was too strict about food and other things.
(c) He says that she loved her son more than she loved her husband.
(d) He says that she was too selfish to care about anyone else.

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

3. What criticism does Lucia make of Anja?
(a) That she is not good looking.
(b) That she is poor.
(c) That she is stupid.
(d) That she is demanding.

4. How does Artie’s father characterize his relationship with women?
(a) He says that he was deeply committed to one girl at a time.
(b) He says that he often toyed with them.
(c) He says they were seeking him out.
(d) He says that was quite shy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artie's father doing while he is telling Artie his story?

2. How did Artie’s mother die?

3. How does the process of gathering information change Artie’s relationship with his father?

4. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?

5. What events also took place on Parshas Truma?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens to Vladek and Anja in 1939?

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

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

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

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