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

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) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. 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 months old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 6 years old.

3. Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done" that the only spare tire he’s seen around recently belongs to whom?
(a) Herr Roller.
(b) Sergeant Hoffschneider.
(c) Commandant Schneider.
(d) Herr Liszt.

4. What two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?
(a) “Semper fidelis.”
(b) “Hich Nazi.”
(c) “Heil Hitler.”
(d) “Nazi Furor.”

5. 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 a prison.”
(b) “This must be a concentration camp.”
(c) “This must be the countryside.”
(d) “This must be Poland.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What had been Bruno’s grandmother’s employment in her youth?

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