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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno question about the striped-pajama people on the other side of the fence in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) He wonders why they are so dirty.
(b) He wonders why they are never invited to his house.
(c) He wonders why they don’t stand at attention.
(d) He wonders why they appear to be killing one another.

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

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

4. Whose father is described as a green-grocer in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Karl’s.
(b) Daniel’s.
(c) Martin’s.
(d) Lars’s.

5. The narrator notes in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Hilda had been told time and time again that she was not to call her brother” what?
(a) “A Nazi.”
(b) “A jerk.”
(c) “A pest.”
(d) “Stupid.”

6. 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 dead mouse.
(b) A dust cloth.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A feral cat.

7. What is the name of the tutor who arrives to teach Bruno and Gretel in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Herr Lindt.
(b) Herr Liszt.
(c) Herr Rosswald.
(d) Herr Roller.

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

9. How does Bruno define his father’s office in the story, both in Berlin and in Out-With?
(a) “Enter At Your Own Risk.”
(b) “On Strict Orders of the Fury.”
(c) “A Place Where Top Priority Business Occurs.”
(d) “Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions.”

10. How is the woman described that came to dinner with the Fury at Bruno’s house in Berlin in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Tall and dark-haired.
(b) Beautiful and blond.
(c) Short and redheaded.
(d) Old and gray-haired.

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

12. What are the names of the three best friends of Bruno’s that he must leave behind in Berlin?
(a) Shmuel, Lars, and Karl.
(b) James, Peter, and Paul.
(c) John, Jesse, and Michael.
(d) Karl, Daniel, and Martin.

13. The narrator says in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done,” that “Bruno had only known one person whom he considered to be mad and that was” whom?
(a) Herr Roller.
(b) Herr Rothbaum.
(c) Herr Liszt.
(d) Herr Walker.

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

15. How long ago had the Fury been to Bruno’s house in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) A month ago.
(b) Three weeks ago.
(c) A week ago.
(d) A year ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bronze plaque on the bench that Bruno spies from his window states that “Out-With Camp” was established when?

2. 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?

3. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

4. 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"?

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

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