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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 does Artie say, in Chapter 6, bothers him about his father?

2. Why do Vladek and Anja have to leave Mrs. Motonowa’s house?

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

4. What does Artie’s father say happens if he does not pedal on his exercise bike?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Vladek and Anja’s disguises when they return to Sosnowiec.

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

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

6. What is Artie’s response to Mala’s complaints in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. Describe Vladek’s first business deal after returning from the POW camp.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What parts of Maus do you think would be applicable to any traumatic experience? Describe the aspects of Art Spiegelman’s book that could be universalized. Which parts could not be?

Essay Topic 2

What character traits allow Vladek and Anja to survive the Holocaust? What character traits led others to their deaths? Was there a formula for surviving the Holocaust, or was it merely luck, who survived and who did not?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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