MAUS

Chapter one

Q3. Why do you think Vladek gets upset when Mala offers Artie a wire rather than a wooden coat-hanger?
a. He is fearful of wire after his time in the concentration camps
b. He is constantly scolding Mala
c. He wants to show his son how effectively he is keeping house without Art's mother

d. He is forgetful and wanted to remind Mala about wood not wire
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Vladek thinks wire hangars are more expensive than wooden ones. Vladek is miserly which comes partly from having nothing during war time. He doesn't want things being used so he objects to Artie getting "nice" hangers after being absent from his life for so long,

“A WIRE hanger you give him! I haven’t seen Artie in almost two years. We have plenty of WOODEN hangers.”

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