WorksheetsMaus Ch. 5
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What makes Vladek reconsider his black market business operations?
a)
A close call with a soldier
b)
An increase in German patrols
c)
Anja has a second child
d)
The execution of a friend
2.
Where was Art living three months before his mother killed herself?
a)
Los Angeles
b)
Poland
c)
A New England college
d)
A mental hospital
3.
What do Art and Vladek do after Anja commits suicide?
a)
ignore each other
b)
go on a trip
c)
sleep on the floor
d)
read Anja's journals
4.
Why does Mala call and wake up Art early in the morning?
a)
His father has climbed onto the roof
b)
His father has had a stroke
c)
His father has broken his arm
d)
His father has had a heart attack
5.
What does Mala find that makes Vladek so upset?
a)
An old comic of Art's
b)
Old photos of Richieu
c)
Anja's diary
d)
Old photos of Anja
6.
What is the accidental ingredient in Pesach's cake?
a)
Spoiled milk
b)
Laundry soap
c)
Sawdust
d)
Sand
7.
What job does Haskel provide for Vladek?
a)
A shoe repair shop
b)
A textile factory
c)
A carpentry shop
d)
A tin shop
8.
How does Pesach die?
a)
Typhus at Auschwitz
b)
Hung for black market activities
c)
Gunned down by German guards
d)
Gassed in Auschwitz
9.
What is in Vladek's security deposit box?
a)
Anja's diaries
b)
Cash
c)
Valuables from his marriage with Anja
d)
Important documents
10.
How does Art respond to his father when Vladek calls to ask for help with fixing the drainpipe?
a)
He immediately helps him
b)
He calls someone to help him.
c)
He is not willing to help him.
d)
He tells Mala to do it.
11.
What is "Prisoner on the Hell Planet"?
a)
An early comic of Artie's
b)
A book Vladek read to Artie
c)
The title of a Maus chapter
d)
Nickname for Holocaust prisoners
12.
Why does Vladek build a bunker?
a)
to save Mala's family
b)
To have an extra sleeping space
c)
To help the Germans
d)
To hide his family from Germans
13.
Vladek lets his cousin know that he can pay him for his help. Why?
a)
Everyone has the "everyone for himself" mentality
b)
It is required by law to pay for help.
c)
All Jewish people wanted to hide and get rid of their money.
d)
Everyone knows that "to give is to receive"
14.
Why does Anja's nephew Lolek refuse to go to the hidden bunker?
a)
He has connections with the Germans.
b)
He thinks because he is skilled, he will be okay.
c)
He thinks they will never find out he is Jewish.
d)
He decides to hide that he is Jewish.
15.
What happens to Lolek when he decides not to hide in the bunker?
a)
He is killed in gas chamber.
b)
He is no longer Jewish.
c)
He gets a job.
d)
He is shot in the head.
16.
Why does Vladek keep the 14 karat gold cigarette case from Sroudula, Poland?
a)
If he survived, they might still be there.
b)
The Germans made him put it in the fireplace.
c)
In hopes Mala would find it.
d)
He didn't know what else to do with it.
17.
Make an inference:
Vladek questions why he ever remarried after Anja's death. Why do you think he married Mala?
Vladek questions why he ever remarried after Anja's death. Why do you think he married Mala?
a)
She is also a survivor.
b)
He fell deeply in love with her..
c)
Artie needed a mother.
d)
He was forced to marry her.
18.
How does Vladek begin earning money after he is released from the P.O.W. camp?
a)
He sells off his father-in-law's possessions
b)
He starts working at the factory he used to own
c)
He sells food on the black market
d)
He sells textiles on the black market
19.
How does Richieu die?
a)
He is struck by a German soldier
b)
He starves at Auschwitz
c)
He is gassed in Auschwitz
d)
He is poisoned by his aunt
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