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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Germans round up in the spring of 1944?
(a) The old people.
(b) The women.
(c) The children.
(d) The working-age men.

2. What does Vladek make a sketch of, for Artie in Chapter 5?
(a) The layout of the ghetto at Srodula.
(b) The region where Srodula was located.
(c) The bunker at the ghetto at Srodula.
(d) The camps at Auschwitz.

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

4. What happened to Nahum Cohn, and Jews who did business without coupons?
(a) They were arrested and beaten.
(b) They were interrogated.
(c) They were deported.
(d) They were hung.

5. What part of his father’s story does Artie say he wishes he knew more about?
(a) The story of the ghettos.
(b) Richieu’s story.
(c) The story of the Polish leaders.
(d) Anja’s story.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artie describe the position his mother puts him in by killing herself?

2. What saves Vladek when he has a heart attack on the sidewalk?

3. What does Artie say, in Chapter 6, bothers him about his father?

4. What business does Vladek say he started after 1942?

5. What does the guard find in Vladek’s shoe polish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Haskel, and what is his position in the ghetto?

2. Where do Vladek and his fellow prisoners go after leaving Srodula?

3. Where does Vladek say he worked in Sosnowiec?

4. How does Vladek say family relations changed in the ghetto?

5. Describe the contents of the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” comic strip.

6. Describe Vladek’s first business deal after returning from the POW camp.

7. What kind of reception do Vladek and Anja get when they inquire with Mrs. Kawka about hiding with her?

8. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

9. Describe Vladek and Anja’s disguises when they return to Sosnowiec.

10. How is the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” different from the rest of Maus?

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