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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno perceive all of the people to be wearing at the camp across the fence in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) Dirty work suits.
(b) Military uniforms.
(c) Red and blue striped pajamas.
(d) Gray striped pajamas.

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

3. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. The maid Maria is said to have come to work for Bruno’s family when Bruno was how old, in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) 6 months old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 6 years old.

5. 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) "My room."
(b) “The paintwork.”
(c) "The sky."
(d) “The fence.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bruno angers his father in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" by suggesting that his father do what?

3. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

4. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

5. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”

(see the answer key)

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