Maus Book Test Flashcards
Why is Chapter 1 of “Maus” titled “The Sheik”?
Vladek seems to be irresistible to women, like a Sheik.
What reason does Vladek give for not wanting to marry Lucia?
Lucia’s family has no money and no dowry.
What do we learn about Artie’s character at the end of Chapter 1?
He has broken a promise to his father.
Based on his facial expressions and actions, how does Vladek feel about Anja?
He is in love with Anja.
What concerning thing does Vladek find in Anja’s closet?
Pills
Why is chapter two called “The Honeymoon”?
Because it was the time right before the war started.
How is Artie’s father’s health?
He is not very healthy.
What does Vladek call “junk food”?
Pills
What does Vladek think about communists?
He doesn’t like them.
What happened to Artie’s brother?
He died during the war.
Which of the following methods did Vladek’s father not do to keep him and his brother from the army?
Teeth pulling
How does the German officer know that Vladek is not used to physical labor?
Vladek had dainty and unmarked hands
What is the most likely reason Vladek threw away Artie’s coat?
He wants the best for his son.
Who wrote Maus?
Art Spiegelman
What is the author’s father’s name?
Vladek
When Vladek came back from the war prison, how many people were still living in the house?
12
When the Nazis came to take the furniture from Vladek, what was wrong with Anjas mother?
Gallstones
Who gave Vladek the idea to give his son to a polish man to keep safe until after the war?
Ilzeki
What did the Nazis do to the men that Vladek’s father-in-law worked with?
They hung them
On May 10, 1942, all Jews over what age were to be transferred to Czechoslovakia?
70 years old
Where did Vladek keep Anja’s journal after she died?
The journals were destroyed in the ghetto.
What happened when Anja’s grandparents were sent to Auschwitz?
They were sent to the gas chambers
Where was Art living three months before his mother killed herself?
A mental hospital
What do Art and Vladek do after Anja commits suicide?
Sleep on the floor
What does Mala find that makes Vladek so upset?
An old comic of Art’s
What job does Haskel provide for Vladek?
A shoe repair shop
What is in Vladek’s security deposit box?
Valuables from his marriage with Anja.
Why does Vladek build a bunker?
To hide his family from Germans
What happens to Lolek when he decided not to hide in the bunker?
He is killed in a gas chamber
How does Richieu die?
He is poisoned by his aunt.
