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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 says that his father influenced his decision to become an artist?
(a) He had always wanted to represent his father’s stories.
(b) It was a field where he wouldn’t have to compete with his father.
(c) It was an area that would keep him close to his father.
(d) His father had taught him to draw and design things.

2. Why does Vladek hide his money from his in-laws?
(a) He doesn’t want to draw attention to his success in the market.
(b) He knows they will just spend it.
(c) He wants to plan his escape from Poland.
(d) He does not trust them.

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

4. Where had Artie been, when "Prisoner from the Hell Planet" begins?
(a) Traveling.
(b) The mental hospital.
(c) Prison.
(d) Tibet.

5. As related in Chapter 6, how does Vladek help his fellow prisoners?
(a) He writes letters in German.
(b) He bribes the guard for more food.
(c) He distracts the guard so one can flee.
(d) He smuggles them food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie say overwhelms him at his mother’s funeral?

2. What does Artie say is Vladek’s relationship with Artie’s comic books?

3. What happened to Vladek’s Bielsko factory during the war?

4. Who were the guards at Srodula?

5. What is Artie's father’s response when Artie says that he should hire someone to fix the broken item in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Vladek say he worked in Sosnowiec?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was life like among the Zylberbergs after Vladek returned from the POW camp?

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

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