May 3--Chapter 1 "The Things They Carried"

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  List all the soldiers under Lieutenant  Jimmy Cross's command. What do they carry? 

Option #2: Explain what and why they carry the things. Please go back to the text and provide evidence in 5 complete sentences. 

Option #3:  What would you carry? Would you be able to carry so much? Do you have a choice?   

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May 2--Chapter 1 "The Things They Carried"

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  In 5 sentences, describe what happened to Ted Lavender.  

Option #2: How does Lieutenant Jimmy Cross react to what happened to Ted Lavender? In 3 sentences, explain what happened before-hand. 

Option #3:  What do the soldiers do with the things Ted Lavender have been carrying? Would you do the same thing? Explain why or why not. 

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May 1--Chapter 1 "The Things They Carried"

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  Who is Martha? How does Lieutenant Jimmy Cross describe her? What is the feeling you get about Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and Martha? 

Option #2: List and describe some of the things they carry. 

Option #3:  What would you carry? Would you be able to carry so much? Do you have a choice?   

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4/30 Chapter Six: Mouse Trap

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Art worry about the way he’s portraying his father, Vladek in the

book? Should Art worry about this? Explain.

Option #2: Is Vladek happy about Art’s book? Explain. Why would Vladek compare

Art to Walt Disney? 

Option #3: How does Janina, the governess react when Vladek and Anja come to her

for help? Why? 

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**Bonus Question: What do you think happened to Abraham? Why do you think he sent a

letter from Hungary in Yiddish telling Vladek and Mandelbaum that everything was okay and that they should come to Hungary?**

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4/29 Chapter Five: Mouse Holes

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Anja’s nephew Luke refuse to go to the hidden bunker? Does

he make a smart decision? Why or why not?

Option #2: Why does Art Spiegelman portray the paths as a swastika? How does this

image express Vladek and Anja’s situation?

Option #3: Why does Vladek keep the 14 karat gold cigarette case and lady’s powder

case from Srodula, Poland?

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**Bonus question: Vladek questions why he ever remarried after Anja’s death. Why do you

think he married Mala? Do you think Vladek and Mala have a good marriage? Explain.**

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4/26 Chapter Five: Mouse Holes

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Vladek build a bunker? Does this bunker help the family

survive? Explain.

Option #2: Vladek lets his cousin know that he can pay him for his help. Why? Does it

matter?

Option #3: On page 116, Vladek refers to Haskel as a “kombinator.” What is a

“kombinator”? Why does Vladek call Haskel a “kombinator”? Do you agree

with him? Why or why not?

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4/25 Chapter Five: Mouse Holes

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: How does Art respond to his father when Vladek calls to ask for help with

fixing the drainpipe?

Option #2: What is “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”? How is this comic different from

Maus? How is it similar? 

Option #3: What happens to Richieu in the Ghetto in Zawiercie? Why?

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4/24 Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Do Anja’s grandparents go to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia? What

happens? How does Vladek find out? 

Option #2: What happens to Vladek’s sister Fela? Why does Vladek’s father join her?

 Explain his thinking. 

Option #3: On page 93, Mala says that Vladek is more attached to things than

people. Why might Mala say this? Do you believe this is true?

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4/23 Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why do the Germans hang Nahum Cohn and his son? What effect does

this hanging have on other people? 

Option #2: How does Vladek feel about the hangings? Why does he feel this way? 

Option #3: Who are the Jewish police? Why is Art surprised to hear about the Jewish

police?

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4/22 Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: On page 80, Vladek says, “Will I walk slowly, they will take me… Will I run

they can shoot me!” What does he mean? 

Option #2: On page 80, Vladek says, “Will I walk slowly, they will take me… Will I run

they can shoot me!” What does he mean? Who is he talking about? Do

you think his feelings are justified? Explain. 

Option #3: How does Vladek’s friend, Ilzecki save his son during the war? How does

Vladek try to save his son Richieu? What happened?

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4/19 Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: By the time Vladek returns to Sosnowiec from the prisoner of war camp,

what has happened to the food supply? 

Option #2: What happens to the Jewish businesses? 

Option #3: What happens to the Jewish businesses? How do Jewish people earn

enough money to live at this time? 

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4/18 Chapter Three: Prisoner of War

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What happens to Vladek’s father while Vladek was away? How does

Vladek’s father feel? 

Option #2: Why does Vladek throw away Art’s coat? What would you have done if

you were Art?

Option #3: What is your impression of this memoir so far? How would you feel if this was happening to you or your family? 

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4/17 Chapter Three: Prisoner of War

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: TWhy doesn’t Vladek get off the train in Sosnowiec? 

Option #2: Why doesn’t Vladek get off the train in Sosnowiec? How does he end up

in the city of Lublin? 

Option #3: Why doesn’t Vladek get off the train in Sosnowiec? How does he end up

in the city of Lublin? How does he eventually get to Sosnowiec? 

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4/16 Chapter Three: Prisoner of War

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: This image portrays a sign saying, “Workers Needed.” Why is this sign

posted? What does Vladek decide to do? (Page 54, bottom left.)

Option #2: This image portrays a sign saying, “Workers Needed.” Why is this sign

posted? What does Vladek decide to do? Does he plan to work? Explain.

(Page 54, bottom left.) 

Option #3: How does Vladek survive the work camp? What motivated him? 

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4/15 Chapter Three: Prisoner of War

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What does Vladek mean on page 50, when he says, “Well at least I did

something.” Do you believe that he is justified in feeling this way? Explain. 

Option #2: How are the Jewish prisoners of war treated? 

Option #3: How are the Jewish prisoners of war treated? Do they live under the same

conditions as the other prisoners? Explain. 

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4/12 Chapter Three: Prisoner of War

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: On page 43, Vladek tells Art that he must finish the food on his plate

during dinner. Why is Vladek so insistent? 

Option #2: How does Vladek’s father try to keep him out of the army? Was he

successful? 

Option #3: How does Vladek’s father try to keep him out of the army? Was he

successful? Do you think Vladek’s father made a smart decision? Explain. 

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4/11 Chapter Two: The Honeymoon

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why doesn’t Vladek tell the doctor in the hospital about his glass eye?

Option #2: Why doesn’t Vladek tell the doctor in the hospital about his glass eye?

What does this say about Vladek’s character?

Option #3: Do you have something you keep a secret? Why do you keep it a secret? 

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4/10 Chapter Two: The Honeymoon

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What happens after Vladek and Anja return from Czechoslovakia? What

are they afraid of? 

Option #2: Why does Vladek consider taking Anja and Richieu to the town of

Sosnowiec? Do they eventually go to Sosnowiec? 

Option #3: Why does Vladek consider taking Anja and Richieu to the town of

Sosnowiec? Do they eventually go to Sosnowiec? Where does Vladek

go? 

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4/9 Chapter Two: The Honeymoon

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: When do Vladek and Anja realize that the war is coming?

Option #2: When do Vladek and Anja realize that the war is coming? How do they

know? Use specific pictures and text to support your answer. 

Option #3: If there was a war in your neighborhood, what would you do? How would you feel? Would you move or stay until the war is over? 

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4/8 Chapter Two: The Honeymoon

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: On page 31, Vladek says that he left Anja and their new baby to go to

Bielsko to run his new factory and find an apartment for them to live in.

How does Anja respond?

Option #2: On page 31, Vladek says that he left Anja and their new baby to go to

Bielsko to run his new factory and find an apartment for them to live in.

How does Anja respond? Have you or members of your family ever had to

separate in order to start a new job or new life? 

Option #3: On page 31, Vladek says that he left Anja and their new baby to go to

Bielsko to run his new factory and find an apartment for them to live in.

How does Anja respond? Have you or members of your family ever had to

separate in order to start a new job or new life? How did it feel for the

people who moved on? How did it feel for the people who were left

behind?

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4/5 Chapter Two: The Honeymoon

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Ms. Stefanska go to jail? 

Option #2: Why does Ms. Stefanska go to jail? What role did Anja play in Ms.

Stefanska’s going to jail? 

Option #3: Have you ever had the same experience before? If so, what happened? If not, how would you feel if you were Ms. Stefanska? 

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4/4 Chapter One: The Sheik

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Vladek ask Art not to write about Lucia in his book? Why

doesn’t Art listen to his father? 

Option #2: Why does Vladek ask Art not to write about Lucia in his book? Why

doesn’t Art listen to his father? Do you think it is right for Art to break his

promise? 

Option #3: What is your impression of the graphic novel so far? Do you like or dislike this genre? Explain.

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4/3 Chapter One: The Sheik

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What kind of relationship does Art Spiegelman and his father, Vladek

have? Use specific pictures and text to support your answer. 

Option #2: Why is the chapter called “The Sheik”? 

Option #3: Why does Vladek choose Anja over Lucia? What do you think of his

choice? 

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4/2 Chapter One: The Sheik

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What kind of relationship does Art Spiegelman and his father, Vladek

have? Use specific pictures and text to support your answer. 

Option #2: Why is the chapter called “The Sheik”? 

Option #3: Why does Vladek choose Anja over Lucia? What do you think of his

choice? 

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4/1 Chapter One: The Sheik

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: This is a graphic memoir. A graphic memoir tells a person’s life through

text and drawings. Why does Art Spiegelman use mice instead of people

to portray the characters in the story? 

Option #2: This is a graphic memoir. A graphic memoir tells a person’s life through

text and drawings. Why does Art Spiegelman use mice instead of people

to portray the characters in the story? What do the mice represent? 

Option #3: On page 11, Spiegelman tells us that his father’s second wife Mala was a

survivor too, like most of his parents’ friends. Why does Spiegelman call

Mala a survivor? What does he mean?

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