Artie, Mala, and Vladek
Life Before the War
The Holocaust
Vocabulary and Terms
Name the Character
100

This happened to Anja's diaries

What is Vladek destroyed them

100
How Lucia tries stopping Vladek's marriage

What is a letter full of lies about Vladek

100

This camp was considered the biggest and most impactful camp

What is Auschwitz

100

This is the 6-pointed star and generally recognized Jewish symbol

What is the star of David

100

author of the book, son of Vladek, previously suffered a mental breakdown. 

Who is Art Spiegelman

200

Vladek throws away this article of clothing that belongs to Artie -- and for this reason.

What is Artie's jacket, because his father wants him to have good quality things

200

Vladek receives this in the mail at the start of the war and has to leave his family behind temporarily.

What is a draft letter?

200
Of Jews, Americans, LGBTQ citizens, and citizens with disabilities, which group was not subject to German concentration camps? 

Who are Americans

200

The special day in Vladek's life

What is Parshas Truma

200

Artie's brother

Who is Richieu

300

The story is framed with the current time when Artie interviews Vladek. Where does this part of the story take place

What is New York or United States

300

Why does Anja almost get arrested

What is helping a Communist translate papers

300

Before concentration camps, Jews in Poland were first put into this living situation

What are ghettos

300

The collective term for socks and stockings

What is Hosiery

300

The woman who killed the children

Who is Tosha 

400

Mala says Vladek is this and complains about it

What is frugal

400
Anja's father helps Vladek start up this kind of business.
What is textile manufacturing / a textile factory?
400

Who were Germany's allies during the war?

Who were Japan and Italy

400

The word for stealing during a riot

What is to Loot
400

Anja's Nephew

Who is Lolek

500

What happened to Mala's parents

What is dying in Auschwitz?

500

The town Vladek lived in and came back to

What is Sosnowiec?

500

The edict that determined Jews were no longer German Citizens

What are the Nuremberg Laws

500

A Jewish prayer sequence to give thanks

What is a Kaddish

500

Vladek stays with him after being a POW

Who is Orbach

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