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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) A bench.
(b) A garden.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A goldfish pond.

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

3. What is the name of the butler in Bruno’s household in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Karl.
(b) Lars.
(c) Martin.
(d) Daniel.

4. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) A box.
(b) A gun.
(c) A doll.
(d) A bouquet.

5. What does Maria say that Bruno’s father did for her mother after Maria had been working for the family a short time in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.
(b) He revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.
(c) He helped hide her from the Nazis.
(d) He paid for her medical care and funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gretel ask Maria to do when she enters Bruno’s room in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

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"?

3. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

4. 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"?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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