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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Change things.”
(b) “Fix the world.”
(c) “Argue with Father.”
(d) “Save these people.”

2. How does Bruno define his father’s office in the story, both in Berlin and in Out-With?
(a) “On Strict Orders of the Fury.”
(b) “A Place Where Top Priority Business Occurs.”
(c) “Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions.”
(d) “Enter At Your Own Risk.”

3. 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) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. 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 revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.
(b) He paid for her medical care and funeral.
(c) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.
(d) He helped hide her from the Nazis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?

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

3. 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?

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

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