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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subjects are Bruno said to prefer studying in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Music and dance.
(b) Science and mathematics.
(c) History and geography.
(d) Reading and art.

2. In the flashback to Christmas in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out,” what name does Grandmother call Bruno’s father?
(a) Karl.
(b) Lars.
(c) Martin.
(d) Ralf.

3. Whose father is described as a green-grocer in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Lars’s.
(b) Daniel’s.
(c) Karl’s.
(d) Martin’s.

4. What covers the walls in Bruno’s father’s office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?
(a) Photographs of Hitler.
(b) Maps and battle plans.
(c) Mahogany bookshelves.
(d) Dark draperies.

5. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?
(a) The town.
(b) The country.
(c) The garden.
(d) The house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bruno takes his sister Gretel to look out of his bedroom window, Maria comes charging out carrying what in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

2. What color hair is Bruno’s mother described as having in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. Whom does Bruno complain to about the move his family has made in his new bedroom in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

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

5. The oak tree that Bruno finds and decides to put a tire swing in is so old that he imagines it must have been planted when, according to the narrator in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

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