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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 Vladek characterize the head of his ghetto?
(a) A man who only took care of his own family.
(b) A man who took care of his Jews.
(c) A man who wanted to be a king.
(d) A man who thought only of himself.

2. When Vladek and Artie are at the bank together, what complaint does Vladek make about Mala?
(a) He says that she always wants to return to Europe.
(b) He says that she wants to move to the South.
(c) He says that she wants his money for herself.
(d) He says that she is not clean in the house.

3. What happens when Vladek and Anja are followed after leaving Mrs. Motonowa’s house?
(a) The soldiers search them.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) The people continue without bothering them.
(d) They have to run to get away from the people following them.

4. Where did Mala’s mother hide, that she survived living in the ghetto?
(a) In a coal cellar.
(b) In a crawlspace.
(c) Inside a hidden closet.
(d) In an abandoned factory.

5. Where does Vladek get a work card?
(a) At a bakery.
(b) At a tin shop.
(c) At a textile factory.
(d) At a tailor’s shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Artie up at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Where did Vladek and Anja and her family live in Srodula?

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

4. What does Artie’s father say Anja was doing during their time in the ghetto?

5. What does Vladek tell the smugglers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the contents of the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” comic strip.

2. What plans do Vladek and Anja make for Richieu, and what happens to him?

3. Where do Vladek and his fellow prisoners go after leaving Srodula?

4. How does Artie get out of helping his father fix the roof?

5. Why is Mala at her wit’s end in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

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

8. How do Vladek and Anja end up staying with Mrs. Motonowa?

9. How does Artie characterize his father’s attitude toward money in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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