Chapter 5 Vocab
What vocab word means a person recovering from sickness?
Convalescent
Which vocab word means showing the weakness of age?
Senile
Why would some Jews work with the Nazis?
they had a better chance of survival
What visual device does Spiegelman use to show the difference between the Gestapo and Anja's appearance on page 136?
a tail
We rode in the car with (her/she) sister.
her
Which vocab word means a large container or compartment for storing fuel.
Bunker
Which vocab word means an exaggerated portrayal of one's features?
Caricature
How did Richieu die?
Poisoning
What does Vladek mean when he says that reading Artie's comic makes him "interested" in his own story (p. 133)?
he wanted to see how his story was represented
(Him/his) desk is very cluttered.
His
Which vocab word means a sudden sharp pain?
Pang
What does the word pragmatic mean?
practical
What is “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”?
A comic Artie made.
Why does Vladek ride in the official streetcar with the Germans, rather than in the second car with the Poles?
He does not want to look suspicious.
(We/Our) lamp came from a yard sale.
Our
Fill in the blank: Lindsey experienced a sharp _____ of guilt.
Pang
The portrait looked more like a __________________.
Caricature
What visual symbol does the author use on page 125?
peace symbol
What is the significance of the letter from Mandelbaum's nephew (p. 154)?
The letter said his Abraham arrived safely.
He had to go see (her/his) doctor after school.
his
The golfer was unable to hit the ball out of the ______.
Bunker
Many of the residents in the nursing home are ____________________.
Senile
Which type of irony is this: Anja commits suicide after the Holocaust is over.
situational
Why does Artie call his father a murderer?
He called his father a murderer because he murdered his mother’s memories.
(They/their) car would not start in the parking lot.
Their