maus: Chapter 4 questions
Chapter Four: The Noose Tightens
1.By the time Vladek returns to Sosnowiec from the prisoner of war camp, what has happened to the food supply?
2.What happens to the Jewish businesses? How do Jewish people earn enough money to live at this time?
3.How does Vladek’s friend, Ilzecki, save his son during the war? How does Vladek try to save his son Richieu? What happened?
4.Why do the Germans hang Nahum Cohn and his son? What effect does this hanging have on other people?
5.How does Vladek feel about the hangings? Why does he feel this way?
6.Who are the Jewish police? Why is Art surprised to hear about the Jewish police?
7.Do Anja’s grandparents go to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia? What happens? How does Vladek find out?
8.What happens to Vladek’s sister Fela? Why does Vladek’s father join her? Explain his thinking.
9.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?
1.By the time Vladek returns to Sosnowiec from the prisoner of war camp, what has happened to the food supply?
2.What happens to the Jewish businesses? How do Jewish people earn enough money to live at this time?
3.How does Vladek’s friend, Ilzecki, save his son during the war? How does Vladek try to save his son Richieu? What happened?
4.Why do the Germans hang Nahum Cohn and his son? What effect does this hanging have on other people?
5.How does Vladek feel about the hangings? Why does he feel this way?
6.Who are the Jewish police? Why is Art surprised to hear about the Jewish police?
7.Do Anja’s grandparents go to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia? What happens? How does Vladek find out?
8.What happens to Vladek’s sister Fela? Why does Vladek’s father join her? Explain his thinking.
9.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?