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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Sergeant Hoffschneider.
(b) Commandant Schneider.
(c) Herr Liszt.
(d) Herr Roller.

2. 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) April 15, 1934.
(c) June 30, 1933.
(d) September 14, 1935.

3. The narrator says in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done,” that “Bruno had only known one person whom he considered to be mad and that was” whom?
(a) Herr Liszt.
(b) Herr Walker.
(c) Herr Rothbaum.
(d) Herr Roller.

4. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Play-houses.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Train sets.
(d) Stuffed animals.

5. 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) 8 years old.
(d) 6 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Gretel said to have in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

2. 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"?

3. What symbol does Bruno describe on his father’s armband in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?

4. 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”?

5. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?

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