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What does Vladek’s father do when he realizes that his daughter Fela and her four children were sent to the “bad side” of the stadium (93)?
He climbs over a fence so that he can support Fela.
What broken fixture in his home does Vladek hope that Artie will fix?
A leak in the drain pipe
Vladek standing inside the Jewish star of David shows...
.... walking target. Impossible to escape unseen.
“He seems depressed. It could be that comic strip you once made — the one about your mother” (101).
Mala
“He’s more attached to things than to people!” (95).
Mala
What is Artie looking for at the end of the 4th chapter when he searches through Vladek’s shelves in the den?
Artie is searching for Anja’s diaries.
What happens when Anja’s father attempts to sell his bedroom furniture to a German officer?
The officer takes the furniture and pays nothing.
How is the baby Richieu drawn to show human features?
tiny cry, tiny hands and toes, mouse tail looks like umbilical cord
“Well.... if you’re listening… Congratulations! You murdered me... and you left me here to take the rap!!!” (105).
Artie
What does Anja’s sister, Tosha, always carry around her neck?
Tosha carries a vial of poison.
“I’ll never give up my baby, never!” (83).
Anja
The Germans attempt to make an example of four Jews who are caught trading on the black market. How do the Germans kill the four Jews?
The Germans hang the four Jews in the street.
Vladek's bike reflects the struggle to move on primarily because it is this type of bike...
stationary
Artie returned from where 3 months before his mom's death?
hospital/ facility for a nervous breakdown
Which ingredient does Vladek’s cousin, Pesach, accidentally add to a cake?
Laundry soap
“Ach. When I think now of them, it still makes me cry.… Look — even from my dead eye tears are coming out!” (86).
Vladek
Where do Anja’s 90 year-old grandparents hide when the Germans are rounding up the elderly?
They hide in a bunker in the storage shed.
Ancient symbol of prosperity and good fortune
swastika
In additional to depression in her younger years and then postpartum depression, now Artie's mom succumbs to ... depression
menopausal (women in 50s and 60s)
“No! […] I won’t go to their gas chambers! […] And my children won’t go to their gas chambers” (111).
Tosha
“I need your advice, Vladek. Should I go to the stadium on Wednesday, or hide at home?” (91).
Vladek’s father
Which of these is not true from chapter 4? Start selling goods on black market... hide jewelry in shoes...hiding grandparents in secret bunker..lying about bag of sugar…
hiding jewelry in baby stroller is the corrected answer
Permanent stain, scar Vladek cannot escape
ID number tattoo
Both Vladek and Artie lament that Anja left ...
no note
“In case anything bad happens to me, you must run right away over here. Therefore I arranged for you this key. […] Take everything out from the safe. Otherwise it can go only to taxes. Or Mala will grab it’” (128).
Vladek