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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what nickname does Bruno secretly refer to his sister Gretel in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) “A Sorry Sight.”
(b) “The Brat Packer.”
(c) “A Hopeless Case.”
(d) “A Lost Cause.”

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) Trying to start the car engine.
(c) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.
(d) Weeping uncontrollably.

4. One of the soldiers speaking to Bruno’s father is overheard in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" saying, “We have lacked efficiency since the start of” what year?
(a) “Forty-two.”
(b) “Sixty-one.”
(c) “Forty.”
(d) “Thirty-eight.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bruno says of his father and all fathers in Chapter Two: "The New House" that “fathers are supposed to be” what?

2. How long ago had the Fury been to Bruno’s house in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. What covers the walls in Bruno’s father’s office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

4. What does Bruno’s father do when he becomes angry at Bruno’s suggestion in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

5. 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"?

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