The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

John Boyne
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?
(a) The house.
(b) The town.
(c) The garden.
(d) The country.

2. 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"?
(a) Amerigo Vespucci.
(b) Pêro de Alenquer.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Charles Albanel.

3. What is Bruno’s reply when Shmuel says to him in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question,” “You’re on the wrong side of the fence though”?
(a) “You could climb over.”
(b) “You could crawl under.”
(c) “I could crawl under.”
(d) “I could climb over.”

4. 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) 3 years old.
(b) 7 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

5. When Bruno takes his sister Gretel to look out of his bedroom window, Maria comes charging out carrying what in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) A dead mouse.
(b) A dust cloth.
(c) A feral cat.
(d) A suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Gretel not see “the children” from her own bedroom window in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

2. Bruno discovers that Pavel had what profession prior to becoming a servant in his home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

3. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?

4. What was Shmuel’s father’s profession prior to coming to Out-With?

5. What subjects are Bruno said to prefer studying in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

(see the answer key)

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