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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 does Anja tutor Mrs. Motonowa’s son in?
(a) French.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) English.
(d) German.

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

3. How many people were living in Vladek’s father-in-law’s household?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. What saves Vladek when he has a heart attack on the sidewalk?
(a) CPR.
(b) Nitrostat.
(c) A paramedic.
(d) An ambulance.

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) They have to pay so much to bribe German soldiers that there is hardly enough to live on.
(c) The cost of things has risen so high that they cannot maintain their lifestyle.
(d) They have lost their factories, but they are still living like they did before the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Germans round up in the spring of 1944?

2. How does Art Spiegelman depict the Jews pretending to be Poles?

3. What accusation does Artie make to his father when he finds out that Vladek had destroyed Anja’s journals?

4. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

5. Where did the Zylberberg family go on January 1, 1942?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

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

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

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

5. What kind of reception do Vladek and Anja get when they inquire with Mrs. Kawka about hiding with her?

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

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

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

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

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

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