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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 describe the position his mother puts him in by killing herself?
(a) He feels like a prisoner, who is guilty for having killed her.
(b) He feels like a priest, who has heard her confession.
(c) He feels like an artist, who can only feel his experiences if he uses them for his art.
(d) He feels like a child, who cannot offer his mother anything.

2. How do Vladek’s in-laws distract themselves from the war?
(a) By writing the family history.
(b) By dancing and having parties.
(c) By playing cards.
(d) By reading.

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

4. What convinces Vladek to flee from Poland?
(a) The Gestapo was cracking down harder and harder.
(b) His suspicions of Mrs. Motonowa’s loyalty.
(c) The letter from his cousin who had gone ahead.
(d) Anja’s deteriorating state of mind.

5. What happens the next time Vladek goes to Modrezejowska Street?
(a) The Nazis close off the street to inspect people’s papers.
(b) A fight breaks out between Poles and German soldiers.
(c) A roadside bomb goes off.
(d) There is a gun battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie’s father say happens if he does not pedal on his exercise bike?

2. What saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?

3. Who does Vladek run into on the streets of Sosnowiec?

4. Where does Vladek get a work card?

5. What does Artie’s father say his home was like when he returned from the POW camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

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

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

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