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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno consider to be the best thing about his house in Berlin, according to the author in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) The banister.
(b) The moat.
(c) The garden.
(d) The tree house.

2. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) A doll.
(b) A box.
(c) A bouquet.
(d) A gun.

3. How many glasses are in Bruno’s mother’s fancy set that are being cleaned for the party in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) 64.
(b) 26.
(c) 50.
(d) 12.

4. 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) “Thirty-eight.”
(c) “Forty-two.”
(d) “Forty.”

5. When does Shmuel say his date of birth is in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) September 18, 1935.
(b) April 15, 1934.
(c) June 12, 1933.
(d) July 13, 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. For how long do the Fury and his date stay at Bruno’s family’s home for dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

3. What are the names of the three best friends of Bruno’s that he must leave behind in Berlin?

4. How old is Bruno’s Grandmother said to be in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

5. Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done" that the only spare tire he’s seen around recently belongs to whom?

(see the answer key)

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