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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bruno describes talking to his friend Shmuel about Berlin in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie.” In this conversation, Bruno says that you shouldn’t go to town on what day “unless you want to get pushed from pillar to post”?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

2. Gretel says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Father hates” what?
(a) “Jews.”
(b) “Modern things.”
(c) “Politics.”
(d) “German things.”

3. What song is Bruno’s Grandmother said to have always sung at parties in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Maria Elena.
(b) La Vie en Rose.
(c) Song of the Volga Boatmen.
(d) My Sister and I.

4. After Bruno has let slip that he has a friend named Shmuel in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” how does he go about covering it up from Gretel?
(a) He tells her Shmuel is his brother’s name.
(b) He tells her Shmuel is a pen-pal.
(c) He tells her Shmuel is an imaginary friend.
(d) He tells her Shmuel is a stray dog.

5. In Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” the narrator says, “Bruno considered the dilemma he was in. On the one hand his sister and he had one crucial thing in common.” What is this commonality?
(a) “They weren’t grownups.”
(b) “They were rich.”
(c) “They were smarter than their parents.”
(d) “They were Nazis.”

Short Answer Questions

1. On what evening does Bruno’s father say the Fury is coming to dinner in the flashback in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

2. The narrator notes in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Hilda had been told time and time again that she was not to call her brother” what?

3. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

4. How many floors in total is Bruno’s house in Berlin said to be, including the basement, in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

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

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