Maus Chapter 3&4 AND Vocab

At the beginning of chapter three, Art and Vladek have a disagreement during dinner over...

• whether or not Art should finish all of the food on his plate at every meal.

• Art's decision to include details in his graphic memoir that Vladek believes are too personal and private.

• Art's coat that Vladek replaced without asking his son first.

• Vladek's poor treatment of his second wife, Mala.

All the Jews of Sosnowiec were told to report to have their official papers (like their passports) inspected on August 12th. Where were they told to assemble?

• the town square

• the railroad station

• the quarry just outside town

• the stadium

Vladek tells Artie about how his own father (Art's grandfather) tried to avoid serving in the Russian army. What did Vladek's father do?

• He pulled out 14 of his own teeth.

• He pretended to be insane.

• He shot himself in the foot.

• He had a friend break his arm and help him sprain his ankle.

Where has Vladek's own father been living since the death of his wife, Vladek's mother?

• He's been living on his own in the next town over from Sosnowiec.

• He's been living with Vladek's sister, Fela

• He's been living with his second wife.

• He's been living with Vladek and Anja's family too.

incorporated into a larger body, usually as in land

• gestapo

• Reich

• annexed

• protectorate

land annexed to Germany, later meaning the Nazi regime

• gestapo

• Reich

• annexed

• protectorate

land controlled by German government

• gestapo

• Reich

• annexed

• protectorate

an abbreviation of “Geheime Staatspolizei,” Nazis, the Secret State Police

• gestapo

• Reich

• annexed

• protectorate

How did Vladek's father attempt to kept his own sons from being drafted into the Polish army?

• He gave them a mild poison to drink.

• He told them to pretend to be deaf during the examination.

• He gave them each a cane and instructed them to limp.

• He starved them and deprived them of sleep.

When Vladek had a strange dream about his grandfather, what special date was he told would bring his freedom?

• Yom Kippur

• Parshas Truma

• Rosh Hashanah

• Purim