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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wedding gift does Artie’s father say his father-in-law gave him?

2. What task is Vladek given after being taken to a camp during the war?

3. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?

4. When did Vladek first serve in the army?

5. What business was Artie's father in before the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doubts does Vladek have about Anja before he marries her?

2. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg, as described in Chapter 1.

3. In Chapter 1, how does Artie characterize his relationship with his father?

4. What doubts does Vladek have about Artie’s comic book idea?

5. How does Vladek get back to Sosnowiec?

6. How was Vladek kept out of the Polish army the first time, and why did he end up going into the army the next year?

7. Describe Vladek’s health when Artie sees him again at the beginning of Chapter 2.

8. How is it that Vladek comes to know English?

9. Describe Vladek’s dream and its meaning.

10. How does Artie’s father characterize himself in the time before he met Anja?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Maus. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the most important plot points in Maus. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of Maus—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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