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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) “This must be the countryside.”
(b) “This must be Poland.”
(c) “This must be a prison.”
(d) “This must be a concentration camp.”

2. Maria tells Bruno in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid" that her mother had worked for Bruno’s grandmother in what capacity?
(a) As her secretary.
(b) As her accountant.
(c) As her bank manager.
(d) As her dresser.

3. By what name does the Fury call the woman who accompanies him to dinner at Bruno’s house in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) Eva.
(b) Sara.
(c) Olga.
(d) Dora.

4. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy" that his name sounds like what?
(a) “It sounds like a car screeching on pavement.”
(b) “It sounds like someone who’s rubbing their arms to keep warm.”
(c) “It sounds like logs crackling in a warm fireplace.”
(d) “It sounds like the wind blowing.”

5. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?
(a) Unless.
(b) Until.
(c) Hereto.
(d) Therefore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song is Bruno’s Grandmother said to have always sung at parties in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

2. What is the boy on the other side of the fence doing when Bruno first approaches him in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

3. How is the Fury’s moustache described in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

4. The narrator says in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done,” that “Bruno had only known one person whom he considered to be mad and that was” whom?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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