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

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

3. What saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?
(a) His connection with Haskel Spiegelman.
(b) His ability to bribe the officer.
(c) The arrival of a crowd of Jews.
(d) The arrival of the guard’s ranking officer.

4. What does the guard find in Vladek’s shoe polish?
(a) A letter.
(b) A ring.
(c) Money.
(d) A watch.

5. What does Vladek find out is the problem with his in-laws’ family’s finance during the war?
(a) Their taxes have been raised so high that they are making textiles at a loss.
(b) The cost of things has risen so high that they cannot maintain their lifestyle.
(c) They have lost their factories, but they are still living like they did before the war.
(d) They have to pay so much to bribe German soldiers that there is hardly enough to live on.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Motonowa get Vladek and Anja to her house?

2. What does Anja disagree with Vladek about, after they leave Mrs. Motonowa's house?

3. Who ultimately takes Richieu away from the ghetto?

4. Where does Vladek send Miloch and his wife and child?

5. What complaint does Mala make about Vladek at the beginning of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What complaint does Vladek make about Mala at the bank?

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

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

6. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?

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

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

9. How does Art Spiegelman include Maus within the book itself?

10. Who is Haskel, and what is his position in the ghetto?

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