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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 do Vladek’s fellow prisoners pay him with, for his help?
(a) Money.
(b) Contacts with good smugglers.
(c) Favors.
(d) Food.

2. Under what condition does Vladek say his cousin risked helping him at Srodula?
(a) If he could offer food.
(b) If he could offer protection in turn.
(c) If he turned in other Jews.
(d) If he paid.

3. What offer does Ilzecki make to Vladek, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) He offers to get Vladek a job in a factory.
(b) He offers to smuggle Vladek and his wife out of Poland.
(c) He offers to help Vladek return to his factory in Bielsko.
(d) He offers to send Richieu away for safekeeping.

4. What is Vladek doing when Artie sees him next in Chapter 5?
(a) Reading.
(b) Bicycling.
(c) Sorting nails.
(d) Fixing the roof.

5. Where does Vladek take refuge as Srodula is liquidated?
(a) In an underground bunker.
(b) In a bunker inside a pile of shoes.
(c) In the latrine.
(d) Beneath the German officers’ quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artie says that his father influenced his decision to become an artist?

2. What does Anja tutor Mrs. Motonowa’s son in?

3. What question is Vladek forced to answer when a man stumbles upon the bunker he has made?

4. As related in Chapter 6, how does Vladek help his fellow prisoners?

5. What does Artie say overwhelms him at his mother’s funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vladek’s first business deal after returning from the POW camp.

2. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

3. Where do Vladek and Anja stay when they return to Sosnowiec?

4. What kind of reception do Vladek and Anja get when they inquire with Mrs. Kawka about hiding with her?

5. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

6. How does Vladek say family relations changed in the ghetto?

7. What does Vladek find when he goes out to reconnoitre Sosonwiec while Anja hides?

8. What does Artie learn from Vladek about Anja’s journals?

9. What does Vladek learn from Kahum Cohn’s example?

10. Describe Vladek and Anja’s disguises when they return to Sosnowiec.

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