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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?
(a) It lifts her spirits.
(b) It reassures her.
(c) It reminds her why they must carry on.
(d) It convinces her that she can trust him.

2. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?
(a) She can’t get the ingredients she needs.
(b) She can’t remember the recipe.
(c) She cannot make as much of as she would like.
(d) She cannot afford to use as much fuel as it takes to cook it right.

3. What does Vladek use for currency?
(a) Food.
(b) The jewels he saved.
(c) German Marks.
(d) Polish zlotys.

4. What task is Vladek given after being taken to a camp during the war?
(a) To dig latrines.
(b) To chop wood.
(c) To clean out a stable.
(d) To dig graves.

5. What does Anja’s teacher tell Artie's father tell about Anja?
(a) He has never known someone so refined and cultured as her.
(b) He has never seen anyone work as hard as Anja worked.
(c) He has never had a student as sensitive and intelligent as her.
(d) He had hoped to marry her himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vladek take refuge as Srodula is liquidated?

2. How does the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” differ from the rest of Maus stylistically?

3. Under what condition does Vladek say his cousin risked helping him at Srodula?

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

5. What happens the next time Vladek goes to Modrezejowska Street?

(see the answer key)

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