Maus Chapter 1 and 2

Francoise is_____________________.

• Vladek's wife

• Art's wife

• A Nazi collaborator

• All of these

What lie does Vladek tell?

• That he had a heart attack.

• That Mala took his money.

• That Mala left him.

• All of these

Art Spiegelman uses this animal to represent Germans.

• Dog

• Pig

• Cat

• Mouse

What does Art think might have been "presumptuous" of himself?

• Writing a book about the Holocaust

• Talking to Vladek

• Having a rivalry with his brother.

• None of these

Why didn't Art's parents have a picture of him?

• He was alive

• They were all destroyed during the Holocaust

• They didn't believe in pictures.

• None of these

What skill does Vladek use to help him survive?

• Teaches the Kapo English

• Works as a car mechanic

• Works as a carpenter

• All of these

What did Mala do when she left?

• Cried

• Took money out of the account and drove off to Florida

• Told him she was never coming back

• She did not leave.

They took names from people who went to Auschwitz and gave them

• a different name

• a number

• an extra name

• They did not do this.

What does the Polish priest tell Vladek in the concentration camp that gives him hope and renewed life?

• The tattoo on his arm totals 18, which means life.

• He shows him how to escape the concentration camp.

• He gives him food.

• None of these- there is no Polish priest.

Which of the following most likely explains Vladek's "stinginess?"

• Due to the Holocaust, he learned to hold on to and protect any resources he could get.

• He lost his wife Anja during the Holocaust

• He still believed that he was living in the Holocaust.

• He is naturally a mean and selfish person.