Maus Test Review

Who is the author of Maus?

• Unknown

• Anja Spiegelman

• Art Spiegelman

• Vladek Spiegelman

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Why does the seamstress go to jail?

• She steals a loaf of bread

• She hides translated documents for Anja

• She is hiding Jewish people in her basement

• She is a Jewish Spy

When do Vladek and Anja first realize that war is coming to Poland?

• When they are forced to live in the ghetto

• When Nazi soldiers invade their home

• When they are on the train and they see Nazi flags in the town as they pass through and hear stories from other passengers.

• When they get shot at walking home one evening.

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What happens to Vladek and Anja's son, Richieu?

• He gets taken by a German soldier

• He grows up to join the Polish army

• Vladek and Anja lose him at the train station

• Anja's sister poisons him when they know they are about to die

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How was Vladek and Anja's family protected in a way other families were not?

• They were smart and crafty

• They had money and connections

• They were living in Poland

• They were protected through German soldiers

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What country does Vladek want to escape to?

• Poland

• Austria

• Hungary

• America

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What is Vladek's main argument against Mala?

• She doesn't care about him

• She doesn't take care of him like Anja

• All she wants is money

• She is boring and makes bad food

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How are Vladek and Anja captured at the end of Maus?

• The smugglers betray them and they are arrested by the Gestapo on the train

• The governess reports where they are hiding

• It doesn't explain how they are captured

• They are not captured

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 In "Maus," Jews are depicted as mice, Germans as cats, and Poles as pigs, among other animals.

• True

• False

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Vladek was accepted into the army the first time he was checked for his army medical examination.

• True

• False

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