Maus

Art and Vladek's relationship can be described as

• Strained and difficult

• Abusive and cruel

• Loving and caring

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

• He hides him in the attic

• He hides him in a barn

• 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 is caring for her aging father

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

• She is old and sickly

Why does Vladek's cousin Jakov help Vladek's family?

• Because they can pay him

• Because they are family

• Because he loves Anja