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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 does Anja disagree with Vladek about, after they leave Mrs. Motonowa's house?
(a) Going out in public.
(b) Hiding any longer.
(c) Fleeing.
(d) Paying Mrs. Motonowa.

2. What does Artie say is Vladek’s relationship with Artie’s comic books?
(a) He reads everything Artie does.
(b) He doesn’t look at them when Artie puts them under his nose.
(c) He looks at rough drafts and makes editorial suggestions.
(d) He has never seen Artie’s work.

3. What happened to Vladek’s Bielsko factory during the war?
(a) It was taken by the Germans.
(b) It was shuttered.
(c) It was robbed.
(d) It was burned down.

4. What does Artie’s father say happens if he does not pedal on his exercise bike?
(a) He gets leg cramps.
(b) He gets short of breath.
(c) He loses feeling in his toes.
(d) His heart gets weak.

5. Who did the Germans round up in the spring of 1944?
(a) The working-age men.
(b) The children.
(c) The women.
(d) The old people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way does Mala say Vladek is unique among people she knew from the camps?

3. How does Anja’s family get the food they need during the war?

4. Who causes Vladek and Anja to be arrested?

5. Where are Vladek and Anja reunited?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

2. How are Vladek and his fellow prisoners caught in their bunker?

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

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

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

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

7. What convinces Vladek and Anja to try to flee to Hungary?

8. How do Vladek and his fellow prisoners make their way out of Srodula?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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