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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. Where do Vladek and Anja spend the night after leaving Mrs. Motonowa’s house?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the street.
(c) In a bare foundation.
(d) In a barn.

2. Why do the Germans leave Vladek’s mother-in-law’s nice bedroom set alone when they come to plunder the household?
(a) They do not take it because she is ill.
(b) Vladek’s family hides the bedroom set.
(c) Vladek’s father-in-law bribes them.
(d) Vladek’s father-in-law keeps the soldiers from seeing that bedroom.

3. Where are Vladek and Anja reunited?
(a) After Auschwitz.
(b) In the truck to Auschwitz.
(c) At Auschwitz.
(d) In the prison.

4. How does Anja’s family get the food they need during the war?
(a) The black market.
(b) They trade textiles for food.
(c) They import it themselves.
(d) They steal from the Germans.

5. Who ultimately takes Richieu away from the ghetto?
(a) The Germans.
(b) Persis.
(c) Vladek’s father.
(d) Freedom fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ounces of bread is each member of Vladek's inlaws entitled to during the war, with the coupons the Germans have issued?

2. How do Vladek’s in-laws distract themselves from the war?

3. Why does Artie’s father say that Anja’s Uncle Herman and Aunt Helen were lucky?

4. When were Vladek and Anja and the others moved to Srodula?

5. What does Anja tutor Mrs. Motonowa’s son in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mala at her wit’s end in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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