Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 1: The Sheik
1. Sheik: irresistibly charming to
women
2. Textiles: cloth manufactured into
fabric by weaving or knitting
3. Bachelor: an unmarried man
4. Hosiery: stockings
5. Suicide: the intentional taking of
one’s own life
Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 2: The Honeymoon
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Communist: classless, stateless (ex: Soviet Union)
Conspiracy: committing an unlawful crime
Hysterical: uncontrollable emotion
Depressed: sad, gloomy, dejected, downcast
Sanitarium: medically supervised recuperation
Governess: a woman who is employed to take care
of a child’s upbringing, education, etc.
7. Pogrom: an organized massacre, especially of Jews
8. Riot: violent or wild disorder
9. Frontier: boundary, border of countries
10. Cataract: cloudiness of the eye that causes
impairment of the vision or blindness
Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/A
Objective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the
surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner.
On the Surface: information that you can point to within
the text
-what
-when
-where
-who
Under the Surface: information that requires prior
knowledge and analysis of the text
-why
-would
-should
-could
-analyze
Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/A
Objective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the
surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner.
1. Get into partners of two.
2. Decide who is going to be Student A
and who is going to be Student B.
Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/A
Objective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the
surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner.
Turn to your partner:
A: “An on the surface question is…”
B: “An example of an on the surface
question is…”
B: “An under the surface question is…”
A: “An example of an under the surface
question is…”
Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/A
Objective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the
surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner.
Step 1: Student A and Student B will
formulate a question and discuss the
answer.
Step 2: Student A will write the question,
while Student B answers the question
(complete sentences).
Step 3: Student A and Student B will
switch—Student B will write the
question and Student A will write the
answer. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until all
ten questions and answers are filled
out.
Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/A
Objective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the
surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner.
Side A and Side B will compete for
points based on the answers to
the questions. A point is only
granted when the question is
answered correctly (i.e. both the
students and the teacher agree).
Questions will alternate from on
the surface to under the surface.
Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 3: Prisoner of War
1. Herring: type of fish
2. Delicate: fragile, easily damaged
3. Frostbite: injury to body after excessive
exposure to extreme cold
4. Drafted: a selection or drawing of people
5. Torah: Jewish religious literature, law, and
teaching from the Old Testament
6. Parshas Truma: the week when the Torah
is read; symbolic of charitable gifts coming
7. Protectorate: a state or territory that is
protected
8. Recuperate: to recover and regain health
Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 4: The Noose Tightens
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Noose: a loop with a running knot
Gallstones: small, hard, abnormal mass that leads to
pain and/or infection
Zionist: a supporter of a Jewish movement to
reestablish the Jewish homeland (Palestine/Israel) in
response to anti-Semitism
Convalescent Home: a home that takes care of
injured or ill patients
Deported: to expel from a country
Suffocated: strangle; not allow air into the lungs
Smuggle: to import/export goods secretly
Vaguely: not clear
Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 5: Mouse Holes
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Neurotic: emotionally unstable person
Obscure: not clear; vague; uncertain
Tragedy: disaster; fatal event; dreadful
Hostility: unfriendliness; opposition
Condolences: expression of sympathy
Shrine: devoted to a person (normally
holy)
7. Bunkers: underground space
8. Informer: a person who communicates or
informs, especially for a reward
Maus Vocabulary
Chapter 6: Mouse Trap
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Pragmatic: practical; deals with facts
Caricature: distorted picture or description
Pauper: a very poor person
Senile: a decline in mental and physical
abilities
5. Outskirts: outlying areas; borders; fringes
6. Yiddish: mixture of Hebrew and Slavic
languages
7. Commotion: agitation; noisy disturbance