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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 Shmuel say his brother’s name is in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?
(a) Karl.
(b) Ralf.
(c) Josef.
(d) Lars.

2. What is the first name of Bruno’s Grandmother, used by his Grandfather in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Nathalie.
(b) Isobel.
(c) Gretel.
(d) Louise.

3. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question" that when his family was forced to move from their house they moved into another part of what city?
(a) Wroclaw.
(b) Cracow.
(c) Gdynia.
(d) Lublin.

4. What color hair is Bruno’s mother described as having in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

5. How old is Gretel in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 26.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he wants to work when he grows up in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?

2. What is Bruno doing when his sister Gretel comes into his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?

3. When Bruno takes his sister Gretel to look out of his bedroom window, Maria comes charging out carrying what in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

4. The maid Maria is said to have come to work for Bruno’s family when Bruno was how old, in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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