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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Bruno’s Grandfather said to be when Bruno’s family left for Out-With?
(a) Almost 73.
(b) Almost 70.
(c) Almost 84.
(d) Almost 90.

2. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) A bench.
(b) A garden.
(c) A goldfish pond.
(d) A fountain.

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

4. Bruno says of his father and all fathers in Chapter Two: "The New House" that “fathers are supposed to be” what?
(a) “Rich.”
(b) “Strict.”
(c) “Superior.”
(d) “Serious.”

5. On what date does Bruno say he was born in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) July 7, 1934.
(b) June 30, 1933.
(c) September 14, 1935.
(d) April 15, 1934.

6. What are the people behind the fence said to be pushing from one side of the camp to the other in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) Mules.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Wheelbarrows.

7. What had been Bruno’s grandmother’s employment in her youth?
(a) She was a painter.
(b) She was a singer.
(c) She was a secretary.
(d) She was an acrobat.

8. What two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?
(a) “Hich Nazi.”
(b) “Nazi Furor.”
(c) “Heil Hitler.”
(d) “Semper fidelis.”

9. What is Bruno’s response when his father asks him in his office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions,” “What do you think? … Of your new home. Do you like it?”
(a) “No. I think we should go home.”
(b) “Are you sure we’ve come to the right place?”
(c) “I’m sure I’ll come to love it, Father.”
(d) “Yes, Father. I love it here.”

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

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

12. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?
(a) Hereto.
(b) Therefore.
(c) Until.
(d) Unless.

13. Whose father is described as being a teacher in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Martin’s.
(b) Daniel’s.
(c) Karl’s.
(d) Lars’s.

14. Bruno’s family’s house in Berlin “didn’t even have a name; it was just called” what, according to the narrator in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) “Number five.”
(b) “Number six.”
(c) “Number seven.”
(d) “Number four.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lieutenant Kotler is said to wear a great deal of what in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

2. What subjects are Bruno said to prefer studying in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

3. What does Bruno perceive all of the people to be wearing at the camp across the fence in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

4. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

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

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