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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 Vladek make a sketch of, for Artie in Chapter 5?
(a) The bunker at the ghetto at Srodula.
(b) The layout of the ghetto at Srodula.
(c) The region where Srodula was located.
(d) The camps at Auschwitz.

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

3. What does Artie say overwhelms him at his mother’s funeral?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Despair.
(c) Grief.
(d) Resentment.

4. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?
(a) She can’t remember the recipe.
(b) She can’t get the ingredients she needs.
(c) She cannot afford to use as much fuel as it takes to cook it right.
(d) She cannot make as much of as she would like.

5. 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 is not clean in the house.
(d) He says that she wants his money for herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie say, in Chapter 6, bothers him about his father?

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

3. What is the punishment for even minor violations of laws during the war?

4. What suggestion does Artie make to his father about his father’ relationship with Mala?

5. What is Vladek doing when Artie sees him next in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” different from the rest of Maus?

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

3. What plan does Ilzecki propose to Vladek, and what is Anja’s response to this proposal?

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

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

6. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

7. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?

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

9. What is Artie’s response to Mala’s complaints in Chapter 6?

10. How did Vladek and Anja end up being deported to Auschwitz?

(see the answer keys)

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