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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 wakes Artie up at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What is Vladek doing when Artie sees him next in Chapter 5?

3. Where did Mala’s mother hide, that she survived living in the ghetto?

4. What do Vladek’s fellow prisoners pay him with, for his help?

5. Who ultimately takes Richieu away from the ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Vladek say he worked in Sosnowiec?

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

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

5. Where do Vladek and Anja stay when they return to Sosnowiec?

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

7. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

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

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

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

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

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

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