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1. What two worlds are juxtaposed in the opening scene?

When Artie’s skate comes apart, he is ten or eleven, and he is upset when his friends desert him. He goes to his father, who is working outside, and complains about his friends. His father tells him that he won’t know who his friends are until he has been locked in a room for a week with no food. This contrasts the Holocaust with Artie’s childhood troubles.

2. In Chapter 1, how does Artie characterize his relationship with his father?

Artie says that when he goes to see his father in Rego Park, that they have not seen each other very much because they are not very close.

3. How does Artie characterize his father’s relationship with Mala, his wife?

Artie says that his father and Mala do not get along very well either, and in the cartoon, his father snaps at Mala for putting Artie’s coat on a plastic hangar, instead of one of the good wooden ones.

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