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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 when his mother told him about the local “madman’s” terrible injury during the Great War and how it led to his madness?
(a) 7 years old.
(b) 6 years old.
(c) 3 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

2. What does Maria say that Bruno’s father did for her mother after Maria had been working for the family a short time in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.
(b) He helped hide her from the Nazis.
(c) He revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.
(d) He paid for her medical care and funeral.

3. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he’s from in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Switzerland.

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

5. What does Maria tell Bruno she’d always enjoyed at the house in Berlin in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) The banister.
(b) The garden.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

6. How old is Bruno in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

7. Bruno’s Grandmother and Grandfather are said to live in a small flat near what area in Berlin, in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Near the fruit and vegetable stalls.
(b) Near the Capitol Building.
(c) Near the old cemetery.
(d) Near the banker’s district.

8. What are the names of Gretel’s friends that she says she misses back in Berlin in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Hilda, Isobel, and Louise.
(b) Jennifer, Michelle, and Jessica.
(c) Christine, Helga, and Katherine.
(d) Sara, Janet, and Opal.

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

10. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) “This must be a concentration camp.”
(b) “This must be the countryside.”
(c) “This must be a prison.”
(d) “This must be Poland.”

11. 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) Boulders.
(b) Mules.
(c) Wheelbarrows.
(d) Automobiles.

12. Whom does Bruno recall his mother having said they “never should have let come to dinner” in his memory of leaving their home in Berlin in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?
(a) “Grandfather.”
(b) “The President.”
(c) “The Fury.”
(d) “Grandmother.”

13. What Italian explorer, credited with first discovering the Americas, does Bruno describe learning about from his tutor in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Amerigo Vespucci.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Diego de Almagro.
(d) Charles John Andersson.

14. 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"?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 6 months old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 3 years old.

15. Bruno tells Maria in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “Well, you’ve been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we’re all in the same boat. And it’s” what?
(a) “Turning to mutiny.”
(b) “Leaking.”
(c) “Sunk.”
(d) “Capsizing.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bruno’s father do when he becomes angry at Bruno’s suggestion in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

3. What subjects is Bruno’s tutor said to be “particularly fond of” in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

4. 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"?

5. What Italian explorer and cartographer, who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts, does Bruno describe learning about in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

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