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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Bruno’s Grandmother’s hair described in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Long and black.
(b) Long and red.
(c) Short and gray.
(d) Short and blond.

2. 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?
(a) “Sixty-one.”
(b) “Forty.”
(c) “Forty-two.”
(d) “Thirty-eight.”

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

4. What are the names of Gretel’s friends that she says she misses back in Berlin in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Sara, Janet, and Opal.
(b) Christine, Helga, and Katherine.
(c) Jennifer, Michelle, and Jessica.
(d) Hilda, Isobel, and Louise.

5. 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) Sweeping and mopping the house.
(b) Peeling vegetables and serving dinner.
(c) Cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry.
(d) Polishing silver and cooking dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Bruno in the beginning of the novel?

2. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

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"?

4. By what name does Gretel call Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

5. Gretel says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Father hates” what?

(see the answer key)

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