Characters
Who is Vladek?
Art's father -- the main character of the book
In what NYC neighborhood does Vladek live?
Rego Park
What is the name of the comic Art wrote about his mother's suicide?
Prisoner on the Hell Planet
How does Richieu die?
The person who was caring for him poisons him and herself rather than allowing them be taken to the camps.
What is a gerund?
A verbal that ends in ing and acts as a noun.
What is the name of Art's mother?
Anja
In what European country did Vladek live before the war?
Poland
What became of Anja's diaries?
Vladek burned them?
What is a direct object?
The noun that receives the action of the verb.
What is the name of Art's wife?
Francoise
In what European city did Vladek live with his first wife and child?
Sosnowiec
Valdek takes Art to the bank for what purpose?
To get him a key to Vladek's safety deposit box.
What does Vladek to for exercise?
he pedals a stationary bike
Identify the direct object in the following sentence: I gave a speech on the history of the printing press.
speech
What is the name of Art's brother?
Richieu
To which concentration camp are Vladek and Anja sent?
Auschwitz
Maus 1 begins with a quotation from what historical figure?
Hitler
True or false: Art was born in Europe.
False.
List all of the coordinating conjunctions
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
In the POW camp Vladek has a dream of a long dead relative who predicts when he will be released from the prison camp. What relative is it who appears in the dream?
Vladek's grandfather
In what city was Vladek living before he married his first wife?
Czestochowa
Anja's downstairs neighbor is a seamstress. The seamstress is arrested in chapter 2 for what reason?
Anja asked the neighbor to hide secret letters between communists that Anja had been translating.
How are Vladek and Anja eventually caught and sent to the camps?
The people they paid to help smuggle them across the border betrayed them and turned them into the Nazis.
Identify the predicate nominative (also known as the subject complement) in the following sentence:
He is the best runner on the track team.
runner