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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Gretel call Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Karl.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Lars.

2. Pavel is said to have what nightly duties within Bruno’s family’s home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) Peeling vegetables and serving dinner.
(b) Sweeping and mopping the house.
(c) Cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry.
(d) Polishing silver and cooking dinner.

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

4. Gretel says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Father hates” what?
(a) “German things.”
(b) “Politics.”
(c) “Jews.”
(d) “Modern things.”

5. Whom does Bruno recall his mother having said they “never should have let come to dinner” in his memory of leaving their home in Berlin in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?
(a) “Grandfather.”
(b) “The Fury.”
(c) “The President.”
(d) “Grandmother.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color hair is Gretel said to have in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

3. Whose father is described as a green-grocer in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

4. 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?

5. What are the people behind the fence said to be pushing from one side of the camp to the other in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

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