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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair is Bruno’s mother described as having in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

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

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

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

5. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”

3. The soldier that Bruno sees leave his parents room in Chapter Two: "The New House" is described as having what color hair?

4. What color hair is Gretel said to have in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

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

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