MAUS Chapter 5

How does Art respond to his father when Vladek calls to ask for help with fixing the drainpipe?

• He immediately helps him.

• He calls someone to go help him.

• He says he'll call him back after drinking some coffee.

• He tells Mala to do it.

What is "Prisoner on the Hell Planet"?

• An early comic of Artie's.

• A book Vladek read to Artie when he was younger.

• The title of Chapter 5 in MAUS.

• A nickname for Holocaust prisoners.

What is "Prisoner on the Hell Planet" mostly about?

• Vladek's experience in the Holocaust.

• Artie's experiences in college.

• Artie's experiences as a child.

• Anja's suicide.

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What happens to Richieu in the Ghetto in Zawierce?

• He is hidden under a coal shaft.

• He is poisoned.

• He is taken by the Germans.

• He dies of the flu.

Why does Vladek build a bunker?

• To have an extra sleeping space.

• To help the Germans.

• To hide his family from the Germans.

• To hide neighborhood children.

How are Artie and his family discovered in the bunker?

• They are too loud while hiding.

• The Germans saw smoke coming from the window.

• The Germans noticed candlelight.

• They were given up by an informant.

Vladek lets his cousin know that he can pay him for his help. Why?

• It is required by law to pay for help.

• All Jewish people wanted to hide and get rid of their money.

• Everyone believed that "to give is to receive".

• Everyone had the "everyone for himself" mentality.

Anja's parents were...

• killed in the gas chambers in Auschwitz.

• shot on the streets of the ghetto.

• deported.

• hung on the streets of the ghetto.

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What happened to the informant who turned Vladek's family over to the gestapo?

• He was shot.

• He was hung.

• He survived the war.

• He was killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

What food item was cousin Pesach selling?

• Sugar.

• Bread.

• Flour.

• Cake.