Maus Ch. 5

Who is the author of Maus I?

• Vladek Speigelman

• Art Speigelman

• Anja Speigelman

• Richieu Speigelman

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Art and Vladek's relationship can be described as...

• Strained and difficult

• Loving and caring

• Abusive and cruel

• unique and special

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What does Vladek find in Chapter 5?

• A new form of exercise to stay healthy.

• A comic strip Artie made about his mother.

• Anja's diary from the Holocaust.

• A secret message.

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What happened to Richieu, Vladek and Anja's first son?

• He died in a concentration camp.

• He survived the brutal concentration camp, but was lost and never found his family again.

• He was poisoned by his Aunt Toshia to prevent him from being captured and killed by the Nazis instead.

• He ran away when the Nazis came in order to stay safe.

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How does the Gestapo find Vladek and his friends?

• An informer was in the house, lied to them, and ratted them out.

• The police followed Vladek home after going out to get food.

• They were too loud in their bunker, so the police found them and arrested them.

• Vladek's friend mistakenly led the police there.

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What is Vladek saying about rich Jewish people during the Holocaust?

• Rich Jewish people were treated significant better than poor Jewish people.

• Selling valuables helped all rich Jewish people stay alive.

• Old rich Jewish people couldn't be saved no matter how much money they had.

• Rich Jewish people were taken advantage of during the Holocaust.

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Although Mala mentions that Vladek has read Prisoner on the Hell Planet, it was not necessary for Spiegelman to include a reprint of this early comic in the middle of Maus. Why do you think he chose to do so?

• It helps the readers understand how she killed herself and focuses on what Anja was thinking throughout the comic.

• It gives us a sense of how devastating Anja's suicide and reading Arts comic must have been to Vladek. It also tells us about Art's difficulties dealing with his mom's suicide.

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Why does Anja agree to let Persis take Richieu into hiding after so forcefully rejecting Ilzecki's offer to do so before?

• She is forced to do it.

• She is too depressed to take care of a baby.

• She is scared that she won't be able to save him and take care of him herself.

• The situation is so bad that she doesn't have a choice but to send him anyway.

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Avram and his girlfriend, who are sharing Vladek's bunker, offer to pay Vladek two watches and "some diamond rings" for his advice. Vladek tells Artie, "I didn't want to take. They needed these to live. So I took only small watch."

What does Vladek's comment tell us about his character?

• He is caring, but also has to be a little selfish.

• He is a very strategic man who gets what he wants.

• He likes helping others for nothing in return.

• He is selfish and only gives advice for something in return.

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Why do you think Spiegelman named this chapter "Mouse Holes"?

• There are holes in Vladek's story.

• There are terrible conditions and mice in the camps.

• The Jews are finding themselves "holling up" in bunkers.

• The Jews are mice.

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