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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Gretel hung on her bedroom walls in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?
(a) Maps.
(b) Flags.
(c) Pictures of Hitler.
(d) Pictures from magazines.

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"?
(a) He is doing cartwheels.
(b) He is sitting cross-legged.
(c) He is pulling a wheelbarrow.
(d) He is standing at attention.

3. Whom does Shmuel say he doesn’t like talking about because he scares him in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?
(a) Lieutenant Kotler.
(b) Herr Liszt.
(c) Bruno’s father.
(d) Herr Roller.

4. Bruno tells Shmuel 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 the wind blowing.”
(c) “It sounds like someone who’s rubbing their arms to keep warm.”
(d) “It sounds like logs crackling in a warm fireplace.”

5. Where does Bruno find the rope needed to build his tire swing in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) In the shed.
(d) In Gretel’s room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Bruno’s Grandmother, used by his Grandfather in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

2. What has happened to Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

3. 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?

4. At what time does Bruno’s father say the Fury is coming to their house for dinner in the flashback in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

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?

(see the answer key)

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