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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floors in total is Bruno’s house in Berlin said to be, including the basement, in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) “This must be the countryside.”
(b) “This must be a prison.”
(c) “This must be a concentration camp.”
(d) “This must be Poland.”

3. When Bruno takes his sister Gretel to look out of his bedroom window, Maria comes charging out carrying what in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) A dust cloth.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A dead mouse.
(d) A feral cat.

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"?
(a) “Number six.”
(b) “Number seven.”
(c) “Number four.”
(d) “Number five.”

5. 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"?
(a) The moat.
(b) The tree house.
(c) The banister.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose father is described as being a teacher in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

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

5. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?

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