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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described on the armband worn by the boy that Bruno meets on the other side of the fence in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) A heart.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A star.
(d) A swastika.

2. One of the soldiers speaking to Bruno’s father is overheard in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" saying, “We have lacked efficiency since the start of” what year?
(a) “Forty-two.”
(b) “Sixty-one.”
(c) “Forty.”
(d) “Thirty-eight.”

3. When Bruno is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” he recalls the time that who walked in on him in the bathroom?
(a) His teacher.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Helga.
(d) Grandmother.

4. 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) Wheelbarrows.
(b) Mules.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Boulders.

5. Who in Bruno’s family also contracts lice in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?
(a) Bruno’s father.
(b) Gretel.
(c) Bruno’s grandmother.
(d) Bruno’s mother.

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. In Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” the narrator says, “Bruno considered the dilemma he was in. On the one hand his sister and he had one crucial thing in common.” What is this commonality?

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

4. The bronze plaque on the bench that Bruno spies from his window states that “Out-With Camp” was established when?

5. What Italian explorer, credited with first discovering the Americas, does Bruno describe learning about from his tutor in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

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