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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago had the Fury been to Bruno’s house in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) A year ago.
(b) A month ago.
(c) A week ago.
(d) Three weeks ago.

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

3. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Weeping uncontrollably.
(b) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.
(c) Trying to start the car engine.
(d) Packing his belongings.

4. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”
(a) “It means a few months.”
(b) “It means just a few days.”
(c) “It means in at least a year.”
(d) “It means weeks from now.”

5. Why can Gretel not see “the children” from her own bedroom window in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) It is covered with boards on the outside.
(b) It is too high to see out of.
(c) She has no window in her room.
(d) It faces the front of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many floors, including the basement, comprise Bruno’s family’s new home in Out-With?

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

3. What are the names of the three best friends of Bruno’s that he must leave behind in Berlin?

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

5. By what nickname does Bruno secretly refer to his sister Gretel in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

(see the answer key)

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