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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?
(a) Therefore.
(b) Hereto.
(c) Unless.
(d) Until.

2. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) “This must be a concentration camp.”
(b) “This must be the countryside.”
(c) “This must be Poland.”
(d) “This must be a prison.”

3. How many floors, including the basement, comprise Bruno’s family’s new home in Out-With?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. What are the names of the three best friends of Bruno’s that he must leave behind in Berlin?
(a) John, Jesse, and Michael.
(b) Shmuel, Lars, and Karl.
(c) Karl, Daniel, and Martin.
(d) James, Peter, and Paul.

5. What are the people behind the fence said to be pushing from one side of the camp to the other in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) Mules.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Wheelbarrows.
(d) Automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Bruno in the beginning of the novel?

2. Maria tells Bruno in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid" that her mother had worked for Bruno’s grandmother in what capacity?

3. 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"?

4. Bruno says of his father and all fathers in Chapter Two: "The New House" that “fathers are supposed to be” what?

5. Gretel says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Father hates” what?

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