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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 is Vladek’s cousin Miloch hiding?
(a) In a piano.
(b) In a factory.
(c) In a basement.
(d) In a garbage pit.

2. What happens when Vladek and Anja are followed after leaving Mrs. Motonowa’s house?
(a) The people continue without bothering them.
(b) The soldiers search them.
(c) They have to run to get away from the people following them.
(d) They are arrested.

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

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

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 roadside bomb goes off.
(c) There is a gun battle.
(d) A fight breaks out between Poles and German soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new tool has Artie brought with him to interview his father?

2. How does Artie describe the position his mother puts him in by killing herself?

3. What does Artie's father want him to fix, when Artie shows up at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What were Anja’s last words to Artie?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?

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

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

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

6. Where does Vladek say he worked in Sosnowiec?

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

8. What does Vladek find when he goes out to reconnoitre Sosonwiec while Anja hides?

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

10. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

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