How does Vladek’s friend, Ilzecki, save his son during the war?

He sends him to go live with a Polish friend

Why is Vladek's sister Fela sent to the "bad" side at the stadium?

She has four children with her, which is considered too may

She is caring for her aging father

Why does Lolek refuse to go to the bunker?

He is tired of hiding and believes he will be safe because he is a skilled worker.

The Jewish people are portrayed as mice for all of the following reasons except...

Mice hide in walls/ basements/ etc...

Why does Vladek choose Anja over Lucia

As he gets to know Anja he is impressed by how sensitive and intelligent she is

Anja is a beauty compared to Lucia

He chooses Anja simply because her family is rich

Lucia has mental health issues that he doesn't want to deal with

What is Vladek's request to Art?

Not to include the stories about Lucia in his book

To make him look more handsome in the book than he really was

Not to include information about his time in the war

Not to mention Anja's mental health issues in the book

How does Anja respond when Vladek leaves her and the new baby to go run his new factory?

She suffers a mental breakdown and has to go to a sanitarium for treatment

She is happy to have the time alone to bond with her new baby

She is worried that Vladek will resume his relationship with Lucia while they are apart

She is angry and wants a divorce

What happens to Vladek's factory while he is staying with Anja in the sanitarium?

It has gone bankrupt because Anja's father mismanaged the finances

Why doesn't Vladek get off the train in Sosnowiec after he is released from the work camp?

The train does not stop there because Germany now controls that area of Poland

He knows Anja has moved to a different town

He is moving on to a new town in the hope of finding Lucia

He wants to go directly to his factory to see how business is going

What has happened to the Jewish food supply in Sosnowiec?

The Jewish people have a limited supply of food, but some are able to get extra food on the Black Market

The Jewish people have no food and are starving

Nothing- there is plenty of food for all

The Jewish people are only given two potatoes a day each

The comic "The Prisoner of the Hell Planet" is different from the rest of Maus for all of the following reasons except

Art's mother does not commit suicide in "The Prisoner of the Hell Planet"

The characters are drawn as humans

It is darker in both tone and mood

What happens to Richieu?

He is lost and the family never discovers what happened to him

Why does Vladek ride in the streetcar with the Germans rather than the car with the Poles when he is out and about in disguise?

Because the Germans would never suspect a Jewish man in disguise would be bold enough to hide in plain sight in their car.

Because he is trying to get caught

Because he has a secret deal with one of the Nazis

Why does Mrs. Motonowa throw Vladek and Anja out of her house?

She is afraid the Gestapo are on their way to search her house

Her little boy mentions to his teacher that his mother is hiding Jewish people

Her husband has discovered them and insists that they leave

How does Vladek escape from the children who were playing on the street and screaming, “A Jew!!!”?

He greets them with "Heil Hitler!" so they don't think he is Jewish.

He runs away and ducks down an alley.

He doesn't. They catch him and turn him over to the Nazis.

Maus

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8th Grade

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CCSS

RL.1.10, RI.11-12.9, RI.8.7

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Art and Vladek's relationship can be described as

Strained and difficult

Abusive and cruel

Loving and caring

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Why does Ms. Stephanska go to jail?

She steals a loaf of bread

She is hiding Jewish people in her basement

She hides translated documents for Anja

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

When do Vladek and Anja first realize that war is coming to Poland?

When they are forced to go live in a ghetto

When they are on the train and they see Nazi flags in the towns they pass through and hear stories of the Nazis from other passengers

When Nazi soldiers invade their home

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Where does Vladek go when he sends Anja and Richieu back to Sosnowiec?

To join the army at the Polish frontier to defend Poland against the Nazis

America

a sanitaruim

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How do the Nazis treat the Polish and Jewish prisoners of war?

They treat the Jewish prisoners worse than everyone else, forcing them to do hard labor and sleep in freezing tents

They treat everyone well with plenty of food and warm bunks

They treat all prisoners horribly, starving them and forcing them to do hard labor.

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What motivates Vladek to survive the work camp?

He has a dream where his dead grandfather promises him that he will be free on the day of "Parshas Truma"

He knows he has to survive for Anja and Richlieu.

He will not give the Nazis the satisfaction of killing him

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What happens to Vladek's father while Vladek is away?

He dies of cancer

He is taken to Auschwitz

Nazis shave off his beard and take his seltzer factory

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

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Art and Vladek's relationship can be described as

Why does Ms. Stephanska go to jail?

When do Vladek and Anja first realize that war is coming to Poland?

Where does Vladek go when he sends Anja and Richieu back to Sosnowiec?

How do the Nazis treat the Polish and Jewish prisoners of war?

What motivates Vladek to survive the work camp?

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How does Vladek’s friend, Ilzecki, save his son during the war?

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