MAUS Chapter 5

How does Art respond to his father when Vladek calls to ask for help with fixing the drainpipe?

• He immediately helps him
• He calls someone to help him.
• He is not willing to help him.
• He tells Mala to do it.

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What is "Prisoner on the Hell Planet"?

• An early comic of Artie's
• A book Vladek read to Artie
• The title of a Maus chapter
• Nickname for Holocaust prisoners

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What happens to Richieu in the Ghetto in Zawierce?

• He is hidden under a coal shaft.
• He is poisoned.
• He is taken by the Germans.
• He dies of the flu.

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Why does Vladek build a bunker?

• to save Mala's family
• To have an extra sleeping space
• To help the Germans
• To hide his family from Germans

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Vladek lets his cousin know that he can pay him for his help. Why?

• Everyone has the "everyone for himself" mentality
• It is required by law to pay for help.
• All Jewish people wanted to hide and get rid of their money.
• Everyone knows that "to give is to receive"

Why does Anja's nephew Luke refuse to go to the hidden bunker?

• He has connections with the Germans.
• He thinks because he is skilled, he will be okay.
• He thinks they will never find out he is Jewish.
• He decides to hide that he is Jewish.

What happens to Luke when he decides not to hide in the bunker?

• He is killed in gas chamber.
• He is no longer Jewish.
• He gets a job.
• He is shot in the head.

Why does Vladek keep the 14 karat gold cigarette case from Sroudula, Poland?

• If he survived, they might still be there.
• The Germans made him put it in the fireplace.
• In hopes Mala would find it.
• He didn't know what else to do with it.

Vladek questions why he ever remarried after Anja's death. Why do you think he married Mala?

• She is also a survivor.
• He fell deeply in love with her..
• Artie needed a mother.
• He was forced to marry her.