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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s reaction after giving birth?
(a) She was delighted.
(b) She was proud.
(c) She was depressed.
(d) She was sick.

2. What medical condition does Artie's father have?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

3. What is Anja’s involvement with her friend she "always ran to see" even after she and Vladek were married?
(a) She helps him find houses for refugees.
(b) She translates his messages into German.
(c) She brings him money for political prisoners.
(d) She helps him write political tracts.

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

5. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Lucia’s brother.
(c) His father.
(d) Anja’s brother.

6. What does Vladek do to get back in touch with Anja after she stopped contacting him?
(a) He phones until she agrees to take his call.
(b) He travels to her town at the weekend.
(c) He asks Anja’s father to intercede.
(d) He writes her long letters.

7. What plans do Anja’s family and Vladek make after the birth of Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) Vladek moves to Sosnowiec to wait for Anja.
(b) Vladek and Anja go to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia.
(c) Vladek and Anja split up temporarily.
(d) Vladek and Anja move to Sosnowiec together to start their family.

8. What happened to Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) He died during the war.
(b) He emigrated to Australia.
(c) He died in infancy.
(d) He moved to Brazil.

9. Where does Artie’s father say he lived during the Great War?
(a) In England.
(b) In Russia.
(c) In Poland.
(d) In Germany.

10. What was the outcome for the person who was arrested due to Anja's work for her friend?
(a) She remained in prison for three months but was let go.
(b) Her parents bailed her out.
(c) She died in prison.
(d) He was beaten and then released.

11. How does the process of gathering information change Artie’s relationship with his father?
(a) He starts to resent his father.
(b) He starts to fight with him more often.
(c) He starts to relinquish his anger at his father.
(d) He starts to visit more often.

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

13. How does Vladek characterize Anja’s family?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Millionaires.
(c) Trades people.
(d) Poor workers.

14. What does Anja’s closet tell Vladek about her character?
(a) She hides her messes.
(b) She keeps things neat.
(c) She has expensive tastes.
(d) She is not very tidy.

15. Whose story does Artie say, in Chapter 1, he wants to tell?
(a) His mother’s.
(b) The Holocaust’s.
(c) His own.
(d) His father’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?

2. What is Artie's father doing when Artie sees him again in Chapter 2?

3. Who gets arrested because of the work Anja does for her friend?

4. When does Maus begin?

5. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?

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