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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Bruno say he’s been exploring when he meets the boy 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) Four hours.
(b) Almost 2 hours.
(c) Almost 3 hours.
(d) Almost an hour.

2. What song is Bruno’s Grandmother said to have always sung at parties in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Maria Elena.
(b) Song of the Volga Boatmen.
(c) La Vie en Rose.
(d) My Sister and I.

3. What does Maria say that Bruno’s father did for her mother after Maria had been working for the family a short time in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.
(b) He revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.
(c) He helped hide her from the Nazis.
(d) He paid for her medical care and funeral.

4. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) A garden.
(b) A bench.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A goldfish pond.

5. How is the woman described that came to dinner with the Fury at Bruno’s house in Berlin in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Beautiful and blond.
(b) Old and gray-haired.
(c) Tall and dark-haired.
(d) Short and redheaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bruno is amazed at how much he looks like whom after his head has been shaved in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?

2. What does Maria tell Bruno she’d always enjoyed at the house in Berlin in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

3. What is the real name of the camp that Bruno calls Out-With in the novel?

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?

5. The boy on the other side of the fence is described as having eyes the color of what in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

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