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100
Where did Anja and Vladek live in Poland before the war?
Sosnowviec
100
Likes to save money and count his pills. Everything has to be just so.
Vladek
100
What happened to Artie's mom, Anja?
She committed suicide years after surviving the concentration camp.
100
They both need each other. One to help fix things around the house, and the other to write a non-fiction book.
Vladek and Artie
100
The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human
Adolf Hitler
200
This is the American city where Vladeka and Artie now live.
New York City
200
Seems constantly caught between two people, play the mediator.
Artie
200
What kind of life did Vladek and Anja have before the war?
They lived an upper class lifestyle. He owned his own textile company.
200
They first met in Poland. One comes from a rich family, and the other uses the opportunity to become wealthy.
Vladek and Anja
200
If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week, then you could see what it is, friends.
Vladek
300
Between what years does part one take place? (only the flashbacks)
Mid 1930s to winter of 1944
300
This character wrote a bunch of diaries both before and after the war. The diaries are no more.
Anja
300
How does Artie manage to do so well during the Nazi occupation of Sosnowiec?
He is able to buy and sell goods on the black market and make some money. I is also really good at thinking on his feet in a time of crisis.
300
They don't seem to get along, especially about money.
Mala and Vladek
300
I'll never give up my baby, never!
Anja
400
Where did Vladek want to bring his family because he heard Jews had more freedom there?
Hungary
400
What are two jobs Vladek gets that help keep him safe?
He works in a tin factor and a shoe factory.
400
What regretful decisions do Anja and Vladek make when it came to protecting their son, Richieu?
Earlier, they had an opportunity to let him live with some Poles to avoid capture during the war, they declined. Those people survived. Later they have a similar opportunity and take it, where he was poisoned to prevent the Nazis from taking them.
400
They were working together trying to promote illegal ideas. Later someone else was accused of their crime.
Anja and the communist
400
He's more attached to things than to people!
Mala
500
In what country did Vladek and Anja first see signs of the Nazi invasion?
Czechoslovakia
500
What is important about the jewelry old Vlakek shows to Artie in the safe deposit box?
These are the only possessions he still has from before the war. He wants Artie to have the diamond ring to use for his future wife.
500
Name at least three different hiding locations the Jews used to escape capture by the Nazis
Inside a pile of shoes, underneath a coal storage, in a barn, in an attic, in a pile of garbage (there may be others if you can prove it).
500
This was first love for one of them. The other became obsessed and desperate to be with the other.
Vladek and Lucia (Yulek)
500
Congratulations!...You've committed the perfect crime.
Artie