Honors Composition

Study Questions for Spiegelman's Maus, Vol. 2, Ch. 3

1. Why do they eventually leave Auschwitz? Is this the end of their troubles?

2. What is their journey back to Germany like? What is life like on the trains? How does Vladek survive?

3. Why does Vladek make the trip to the grocery store? Why is this trip interwoven with his story of the journey from Auschwitz back to Germany?

4. What happens to Vladek in Dachau? How does he eventually get out?

5. Discuss the incident with the hitchhiker.