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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Vladek have with his eyes?
(a) He has one glass eye, and cataracts in the other.
(b) He has ruptured blood vessels in his eyes, and has reduced vision.
(c) He has glaucoma in both eyes.
(d) He has macular degeneration in both eyes.

2. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s relationships before marriage?
(a) He says that she had a fiancé who died of pneumonia.
(b) He says that she had no romantic relationships.
(c) He says that she had one boyfriend but it wasn’t serious.
(d) He says that she had been engaged a couple of times before him.

3. How does Vladek say his father escaped from Russian military service?
(a) By pulling out his teeth.
(b) By cutting off fingers.
(c) By blinding himself.
(d) By fleeing to Poland.

4. How does Vladek insult Artie without meaning to?
(a) He takes Artie’s money to save it for him.
(b) He chastises him like a child about the ash from his cigarettes.
(c) He throws out his coat.
(d) He refuses to let Artie get up until he has eaten all of his food.

5. What are Vladek’s accommodations like on the assignment he volunteered for while being a POW?
(a) Much more comfortable than the POW camp.
(b) More comfortable, but less safe than the POW camp.
(c) The same as the POW camp.
(d) Worse than the POW camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Vladek’s Bielsko factory during the war?

3. Why does Artie say, in Chpater 1, that he wants to gather this information about Anja?

4. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?

5. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?

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