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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Play-houses.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Stuffed animals.
(d) Train sets.

2. 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 in at least a year.”
(c) “It means weeks from now.”
(d) “It means just a few days.”

3. Whose father is described as a green-grocer in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Daniel’s.
(b) Karl’s.
(c) Lars’s.
(d) Martin’s.

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

5. How old is Bruno in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bruno complain to about the move his family has made in his new bedroom in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

2. What does Bruno consider to be the best thing about his house in Berlin, according to the author in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

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

4. Bruno’s family’s house in Berlin “didn’t even have a name; it was just called” what, according to the narrator in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

5. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

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