Maus pages 1-55

What of Artie's breaks at the start of the novel?

• his arm

• his skate

• his baseball bat

Why is Vladek remarried?

• Anja left him after the war

• Anja committed suicide

• Anja disappeared during the war

How is Vladek and Mala's relationship?

• Better than his relationship with Anja

• They fight nonstop

• They aren't speaking

Describe Lucia Greenberg

• Pretty girlfriend of Vladek's. Jealous

• Vladek's little sister. Dies during the war

• Artie's wife we never meet

Describe Anja

• loud, brash, beautiful woman

• dumb, fat girl Vladek avoids

• quiet, small, skinny anxious girl. Very smart.

What does Lucia do when Vladek chooses Anja over her?

• slashes Anja's tires

• attacks them in an alley

• sends Anja a letter trashing Vladek's repuation

Describe Anja's parents.

• millionaires, own textile business

• very poor, standoffish

• they are dead before the novel begins

Why was the seamstress arrested? Whose fault is it?

• She murdered a German soldier, it is Vladek's fault

• She had communist documents, it is Vladek's fault.

• She had communist documents. It is Anja's fault.

What did they have to do to Artie when he was born?

• break his arm so he could come out of the womb.

• give him supplemental oxygen

• give him vitamins to make him stronger

What do Vladek and Anja see on the way to the sanitarium?

• a Nazi soldier

• a flag with a swastika

• a concentration camp