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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bruno says alone to himself in his room in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “I hate this house, I hate my room and I even hate” what?
(a) “The fence.”
(b) “The paintwork.”
(c) "The sky."
(d) "My room."

2. The oak tree that Bruno finds and decides to put a tire swing in is so old that he imagines it must have been planted when, according to the narrator in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) Before this century.
(b) During the Inquisition.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) Before Biblical days.

3. The maid Maria is said to have come to work for Bruno’s family when Bruno was how old, in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) 3 years old.
(b) 6 years old.
(c) 6 months old.
(d) 8 years old.

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

5. Maria tells Bruno in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “We must all just keep ourselves safe until this is all over. That’s what I intend to do anyway. What more can we do than that after all? It’s not up to us to” what?
(a) “Argue with Father.”
(b) “Save these people.”
(c) “Change things.”
(d) “Fix the world.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Lieutenant Kotler is said to wear a great deal of what in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

4. The narrator notes in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Hilda had been told time and time again that she was not to call her brother” what?

5. Bruno discovers that Pavel had what profession prior to becoming a servant in his home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

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