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

2. Where do Vladek and Anja spend the night after leaving Mrs. Motonowa’s house?
(a) In a bare foundation.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In the street.

3. What accusation does Artie make to his father when he finds out that Vladek had destroyed Anja’s journals?
(a) Selfish man.
(b) Bastard.
(c) Liar.
(d) Murderer.

4. What does Vladek find out is the problem with his in-laws’ family’s finance during the war?
(a) They have lost their factories, but they are still living like they did before the war.
(b) They have to pay so much to bribe German soldiers that there is hardly enough to live on.
(c) Their taxes have been raised so high that they are making textiles at a loss.
(d) The cost of things has risen so high that they cannot maintain their lifestyle.

5. Where did Vladek and Anja and her family live in Srodula?
(a) A shack.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A prison.
(d) The streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Artie’s mother killed herself?

2. Who found Artie’s mother’s body?

3. What is Artie's father’s response when Artie says that he should hire someone to fix the broken item in Chapter 4?

4. Where had Artie been, when "Prisoner from the Hell Planet" begins?

5. What part of his father’s story does Artie say he wishes he knew more about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Vladek and Anja end up being deported to Auschwitz?

3. What does Artie learn from Vladek about Anja’s journals?

4. What does Vladek learn from Kahum Cohn’s example?

5. Why is Mala at her wit’s end in the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. How are Vladek and his fellow prisoners caught in their bunker?

7. How has the war affected the Zylberbegs morale?

8. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?

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

10. How do Vladek and his fellow prisoners make their way out of Srodula?

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