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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 saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?

2. What does the guard find in Vladek’s shoe polish?

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

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

5. When Vladek and Artie are at the bank together, what complaint does Vladek make about Mala?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artie characterize his father’s attitude toward money in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. How does Vladek say family relations changed in the ghetto?

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

4. What plans do Vladek and Anja make for Richieu, and what happens to him?

5. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

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

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

8. What complaint does Vladek make about Mala at the bank?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the importance of Artie's father and Artie's mother in Maus. How are they each important, and what is the difference between their importance in Artie’s eyes?

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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