Honors Composition

Study Questions for Spiegelman's Maus, Vol. 1, Ch. 3

1. How does Art open chapter three? What do we learn?

2. What did Vladek's father do when Vladek was called to join the army as a young man?

3. What happens to Vladek in the war?

4. What is life like for Vladek in the prisoner of war camp?

5. What dream does Vladek have in the camp?

6. What happens when the POWs are returned to Poland?

7. How does Vladek get out of the POW camp?

8. How does Vladek get back to Sosnowiec?

9. How does Chapter Three conclude? What do these episodes from the present show us about Vladek? About Art? Why does Art include them?