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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does Bruno say he was born in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) July 7, 1934.
(b) September 14, 1935.
(c) April 15, 1934.
(d) June 30, 1933.

2. How old was Bruno when his mother told him about the local “madman’s” terrible injury during the Great War and how it led to his madness?
(a) 7 years old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

3. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question" that after his family was forced to move from their home, they were relocated with another family. How many people does Shmuel say lived in one room at this location?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 16.

4. The bronze plaque on the bench that Bruno spies from his window states that “Out-With Camp” was established when?
(a) July 1941.
(b) June 1940.
(c) July 1942.
(d) September 1938.

5. What subjects are Bruno said to prefer studying in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Music and dance.
(b) Reading and art.
(c) Science and mathematics.
(d) History and geography.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lieutenant Kotler is said to wear a great deal of what in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

2. What does Bruno’s father do when he becomes angry at Bruno’s suggestion in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

3. The oak tree that Bruno finds and decides to put a tire swing in is so old that he imagines it must have been planted when, according to the narrator in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

4. What is Bruno’s response when his father asks him in his office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions,” “What do you think? … Of your new home. Do you like it?”

5. What Italian explorer and cartographer, who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts, does Bruno describe learning about in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

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