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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do Vladek and Anja see each other once Vladek’s father-in-law’s business plans for Vladek come through?
(a) Every month.
(b) Every six months.
(c) Irregularly.
(d) Every other week.

2. Why does Vladek say his position as a Jew in Poland is less secure than his position as a prisoner of war?
(a) At home with Anja and his family, he is vulnerable on their behalf as well.
(b) As a Jew in Poland, he has to compete with other Jews for all his food and needs.
(c) POWs are regulated by war conventions; Jews can be killed with impunity.
(d) As a POW, at least there was food.

3. What does Vladek say was his reaction to someone getting arrested because of the work Anja did for her friend during the war time?
(a) He was ready to break off his marriage.
(b) He wanted Anja to repair the damage she’d done.
(c) He wanted to participate in the conspiracies.
(d) He wanted to go to America.

4. Who is the friend Anja “always ran to see” even after she and Vladek were married?
(a) A communist from Warsaw.
(b) A childhood friend.
(c) An old boyfriend from home.
(d) A cousin from Berlin.

5. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Three or four.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Eleven or twelve.
(d) Fifteen or sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?

2. Who does Anja’s friend get her in trouble with?

3. What happened in the Bielsko factory while Vladek and Anja were away?

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

5. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s relationships before marriage?

(see the answer key)

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