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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair is Gretel said to have in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blond.

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

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

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

5. For how long does Bruno say he’s been exploring when he meets the boy 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) Almost 2 hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Almost 3 hours.
(d) Almost an hour.

6. 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) Cologne.
(d) Silver jewelry.

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

8. What does Gretel ask Maria to do when she enters Bruno’s room in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) To make her some tea.
(b) To bathe her dolls.
(c) To make her a sandwich.
(d) To run her a bath.

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

10. 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"?
(a) Near the fruit and vegetable stalls.
(b) Near the banker’s district.
(c) Near the Capitol Building.
(d) Near the old cemetery.

11. 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) Green and white.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Red and black.
(d) Red and blue.

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

13. What subjects are Bruno said to prefer studying in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Reading and art.
(b) Science and mathematics.
(c) Music and dance.
(d) History and geography.

14. Bruno says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that in Berlin on their quiet street they only had how many houses?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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