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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Bruno’s reply when Shmuel says to him in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question,” “You’re on the wrong side of the fence though”?
(a) “You could climb over.”
(b) “I could climb over.”
(c) “You could crawl under.”
(d) “I could crawl under.”

3. When Bruno is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” he recalls the time that who walked in on him in the bathroom?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) His teacher.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Helga.

4. The people on the other side of the fence are described as being how far from Bruno’s home, as he and Gretel watch from the window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) 20 feet away.
(b) 100 feet away.
(c) 50 feet away.
(d) 200 feet away.

5. 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) “Forty.”
(b) “Sixty-one.”
(c) “Thirty-eight.”
(d) “Forty-two.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bruno discovers that Pavel had what profession prior to becoming a servant in his home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

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

4. What color hair is Gretel said to have in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

5. What had been Bruno’s grandmother’s employment in her youth?

(see the answer key)

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