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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) A doll.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bouquet.
(d) A box.

2. Lieutenant Kotler says in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine" that his father was a professor of what?
(a) Biology.
(b) Literature.
(c) History.
(d) Mathematics.

3. How old has Gretel turned on her recent birthday in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

4. Bruno says alone to himself in his room in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “I hate this house, I hate my room and I even hate” what?
(a) “The fence.”
(b) "The sky."
(c) “The paintwork.”
(d) "My room."

5. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Packing his belongings.
(b) Trying to start the car engine.
(c) Weeping uncontrollably.
(d) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lieutenant Kotler’s father said to have relocated after leaving Germany in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?

2. The narrator says of Bruno in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done,” that he “had been spending more time with Gretel lately and had developed a liking for” what?

3. How does Bruno define his father’s office in the story, both in Berlin and in Out-With?

4. What two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?

5. Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done" that the only spare tire he’s seen around recently belongs to whom?

(see the answer key)

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