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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?
(a) The garden.
(b) The house.
(c) The country.
(d) The town.

2. How many floors, including the basement, comprise Bruno’s family’s new home in Out-With?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

4. Maria tells Bruno in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid" that her mother had worked for Bruno’s grandmother in what capacity?
(a) As her bank manager.
(b) As her accountant.
(c) As her secretary.
(d) As her dresser.

5. 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"?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A dead mouse.
(c) A feral cat.
(d) A dust cloth.

6. How is Bruno’s Grandmother’s hair described in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Long and black.
(b) Short and blond.
(c) Long and red.
(d) Short and gray.

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

8. 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"?
(a) He sends Bruno to the cellar.
(b) He sends Bruno to his room.
(c) He spanks Bruno.
(d) He slaps Bruno on the face.

9. 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) “The Fury.”
(b) “Grandmother.”
(c) “Grandfather.”
(d) “The President.”

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

11. In the flashback to Christmas in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out,” what name does Grandmother call Bruno’s father?
(a) Karl.
(b) Martin.
(c) Lars.
(d) Ralf.

12. 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"?
(a) During the Inquisition.
(b) Before this century.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) Before Biblical days.

13. What does Shmuel say his mother is in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A painter.

14. 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"?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a policeman.

15. What is the bicycle called that is ridden by Bruno’s tutor when he arrives in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) A high-wheel.
(b) A boneshaker.
(c) A penny-farthing.
(d) A velocipede.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does Gretel ask Maria to do when she enters Bruno’s room in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

3. 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"?

4. 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"?

5. 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"?

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