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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?
(a) The garden.
(b) The town.
(c) The country.
(d) The house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

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

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