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What is "Prisoner on the Hell Planet" mostly about?
Vladek's experience in the Holocaust.
Artie's experiences in college.
Artie's experiences as a child.
Anja's suicide.
Anja's parents were...
killed in the gas chambers in Auschwitz.
shot on the streets of the ghetto.
deported.
hung on the streets of the ghetto.
Artie says he chose art/comics because it was one area he didn't have to compete with Vladek in. What does this reveal about Art's relationship with his Dad?
He never felt like he could be as good as Vladek.
He hates him for surviving the Holocaust.
He resents him for Anja's suicide.
He thinks his Dad is too difficult.
We learn that Tosha killed the children and herself with poison rather than go to Auschwitz. We can infer she made this decision because-
She knew that Auschwitz would be worse than death.
She wanted to get back at Vladek.
She couldn't afford to feed them any longer.
Vladek told her to do it in case they got caught.
3. Which of the following locations does the title of the fifth chapter, “Mouse Holes,” refer to?
a) A bunker beneath a coal bin and behind a false wall
b) A bunker in an attic above a chandelier
c) A bunker under a pile of shoes in a shoe shop
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
What is the title of the 4-page comic included in the middle of the chapter?
"Suicide and Survivor Guilt"
"A Family Tragedy"
"Prisoner on the Hell Planet"
"Deferred Trauma"
"Echoes Down the Corridor"
What does Anja's sister, Tosha, always carry around her neck?
Tosha carries a key to Mr. Zylberberg's house
Tosha carries a vial of poison
Tosa carries a good luck charm
Tosha carries a necklace with the Star of David
Tosha carries a compass
How does Haskel Spiegelman smuggle Vladek, Anja, and Lolek out of the building in Srodula from which Jews are being shipped to Auschwitz?
He carries them out in pails used to carry food.
He leads them out through an underground tunnel
He leads them out through a secret back entrance
He leads them out by jumping across two rooftops
He drives them out in a covered wagon
Which two characters is Haskel unable to smuggle out from the building in Srodula?
Wolfe and Tosha
Tosha and Bibi
Lonia and Richieu
Artie and Vladek
Mr. Zylberberg and his wife, Matka
Which ingredient does Vladek's cousin, Pesach, accidentally add to a cake?
Condensed milk
Poppy seeds
Powdered sugar
Lemon rind
Laundry soap
"He seems depressed. It could be the comic strip you once made- the one about your mother."
Artie
Mala
Vladek
Anja
Tosha (Anja's sister)
"Well, mom, if you're listening... Congratulations! You've committed the perfect crime. You put me here, shortened all my circuits, cut my nerve endings, and crosed my wires! You murdered me, mommy, and you left me here to take the rap!"
Artie
Mala
Vladek
Anja
Tosha (Anja's sister)
"No! I won't go to the gas chambers! And I won't let my children go to the gas chambers!"
Artie
Mala
Vladek
Anja
Tosha (Anja's sister)
"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."
Artie
Mala
Vladek
Anja
Tosha (Anja's sister)
RESENTFUL
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
To remove something by selling or otherwise getting rid of it; to do away with someone or something, as by killing them
To hold or set aside something
A place where people go to worship a holy person; a place where sacred relics or images are kept to honor a person
SHRINE
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
To remove something by selling or otherwise getting rid of it; to do away with someone or something, as by killing them
To hold or set aside something
A place where people go to worship a holy person; a place where sacred relics or images are kept to honor a person
LIQUIDATE
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
To remove something by selling or otherwise getting rid of it; to do away with someone or something, as by killing them
To hold or set aside something
A place where people go to worship a holy person; a place where sacred relics or images are kept to honor a person
ILLUSTRIOUS
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
Sick and squeamish
To hold or set aside something
Highly regarded; famous for having honor, glory, or wealth
DEPORT
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
Sick and squeamish
To hold or set aside something
Highly regarded; famous for having honor, glory, or wealth
RESERVE
Feeling bitter anger about a perceived insult, injury, or injustice
To transport a person from one place or country to another; to exile or banish
Sick and squeamish
To hold or set aside something
Highly regarded; famous for having honor, glory, or wealth
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