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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of Bruno’s Grandmother, used by his Grandfather in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Louise.
(b) Nathalie.
(c) Isobel.
(d) Gretel.

2. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”
(a) “It means just a few days.”
(b) “It means weeks from now.”
(c) “It means a few months.”
(d) “It means in at least a year.”

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"?
(a) Silver jewelry.
(b) Purple medals.
(c) Cologne.
(d) Sunscreen.

4. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What does Bruno question about the striped-pajama people on the other side of the fence in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) He wonders why they are so dirty.
(b) He wonders why they don’t stand at attention.
(c) He wonders why they appear to be killing one another.
(d) He wonders why they are never invited to his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What covers the walls in Bruno’s father’s office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

3. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

4. 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?

5. What two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?

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