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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complaint does Mala make about Vladek at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. When were Vladek and Anja and the others moved to Srodula?

3. What new tool has Artie brought with him to interview his father?

4. Where did Vladek and Anja and her family live in Srodula?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Artie characterize his father’s attitude toward money in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

5. How does Art Spiegelman include Maus within the book itself?

6. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?

7. What convinces Vladek and Anja to try to flee to Hungary?

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

9. How do Vladek and Anja end up staying with Mrs. Motonowa?

10. What plans do Vladek and Anja make for Richieu, and what happens to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Maus. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the most important plot points in Maus. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 3

Vladek and Mala are constantly bickering, unlike Vladek and Anja, in the historical narrative. How does the present-day relationship between Vladek and Mala mirror or revise the larger themes in the historical narrative of Maus?

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