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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Bruno complain to about the move his family has made in his new bedroom in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Lars.
(c) Peter.
(d) Maria.

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

3. 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 never invited to his house.
(b) He wonders why they don’t stand at attention.
(c) He wonders why they appear to be killing one another.
(d) He wonders why they are so dirty.

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

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

6. 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 Rosswald.
(b) Herr Lindt.
(c) Herr Roller.
(d) Herr Liszt.

7. 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 policeman.
(b) He was a butcher.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a doctor.

8. The soldier that Bruno sees leave his parents room in Chapter Two: "The New House" is described as having what color hair?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blond.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

9. The official car that drove Bruno and his family to the train station when they left Berlin is described in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" as having what color flags on the front?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Red and blue.
(c) Green and white.
(d) Red and black.

10. 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 helped hide her from the Nazis.
(b) He paid for her medical care and funeral.
(c) He revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.
(d) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.

11. 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) Cologne.
(c) Silver jewelry.
(d) Sunscreen.

12. How old is Bruno’s Grandmother said to be in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) 73.
(b) 62.
(c) 59.
(d) 81.

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

14. The boy on the other side of the fence is described as having eyes the color of what in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) Cotton candy.
(b) Brushed wheat.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Caramel sweets.

15. 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) “Yes, Father. I love it here.”
(d) “I’m sure I’ll come to love it, Father.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Bruno says alone to himself in his room in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “I hate this house, I hate my room and I even hate” what?

2. How many floors, including the basement, comprise Bruno’s family’s new home in Out-With?

3. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?

4. 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"?

5. Gretel’s conclusion about the “children” next door and where they have moved is what, in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

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