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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

3. 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"?
(a) Purple medals.
(b) Sunscreen.
(c) Silver jewelry.
(d) Cologne.

4. Bruno angers his father in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" by suggesting that his father do what?
(a) Send him to live with Grandmother.
(b) Move to the United States.
(c) Divorce his mother.
(d) Apologize to the Fury.

5. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Trying to start the car engine.
(b) Weeping uncontrollably.
(c) Packing his belongings.
(d) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.

6. 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) In Gretel’s room.
(c) The attic.
(d) In the shed.

7. 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 painter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A teacher.

8. 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 four.”
(c) “Number six.”
(d) “Number seven.”

9. 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) “Sunk.”
(c) “Leaking.”
(d) “Capsizing.”

10. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”
(a) “It means in at least a year.”
(b) “It means weeks from now.”
(c) “It means a few months.”
(d) “It means just a few days.”

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

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

13. By what name does Gretel call Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Lars.
(c) Karl.
(d) Daniel.

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

15. What is described on the armband worn by the boy that Bruno meets on the other side of the fence in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A star.
(c) A swastika.
(d) A heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?”

2. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

3. What covers the walls in Bruno’s father’s office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

4. What color hair is Bruno’s mother described as having in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

5. Bruno’s Grandfather “had spent his entire life running a restaurant in the centre of town, and one of his employees was the father” of which of Bruno’s friends?

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