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

Multiple Choice 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"?
(a) He is doing cartwheels.
(b) He is pulling a wheelbarrow.
(c) He is standing at attention.
(d) He is sitting cross-legged.

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the butler in Bruno’s household in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Martin.
(c) Lars.
(d) Karl.

7. 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 star.
(b) A swastika.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A heart.

8. 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) “Yes, Father. I love it here.”
(b) “I’m sure I’ll come to love it, Father.”
(c) “Are you sure we’ve come to the right place?”
(d) “No. I think we should go home.”

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

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

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

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

13. 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 Liszt.
(c) Herr Lindt.
(d) Herr Roller.

14. 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) “Leaking.”
(b) “Capsizing.”
(c) “Sunk.”
(d) “Turning to mutiny.”

15. How many floors in total is Bruno’s house in Berlin said to be, including the basement, in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

3. Bruno angers his father in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" by suggesting that his father do what?

4. Bruno says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that in Berlin on their quiet street they only had how many houses?

5. 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"?

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