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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno decide to make a list of in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) All the reasons he enjoys being friends with Shmuel.
(b) All the reasons he doesn’t like Lieutenant Kotler.
(c) All the reasons he hates living at Out-With.
(d) All the reasons he doesn’t like his sister.

2. Whom does the narrator say Bruno had “become much friendlier with than he ever had been back in Berlin” in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Maria.
(b) Bruno’s mother.
(c) Bruno’s father.
(d) Daniel.

3. What does Shmuel promise to bring to Bruno when they meet for the last time in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) Striped pajamas.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) A locket.

4. When Bruno crosses to the other side of the fence in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day,” he is surprised that the grownups are not doing what?
(a) Sitting in rocking chairs on their porches.
(b) Smoking pipes and singing songs.
(c) Marching like the soldiers.
(d) Pushing wheelbarrows back and forth.

5. What is the real name of the camp that Bruno calls Out-With in the novel?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Banjica.
(d) Krakow.

6. Where is Lieutenant Kotler’s father said to have relocated after leaving Germany in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) The United States.
(c) Israel.
(d) France.

7. For how long does Bruno say he and Shmuel have been meeting and talking to one another in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) For more than a year.
(b) For more than a month.
(c) For a few weeks.
(d) For over two years.

8. What kind of alcohol does Bruno’s mother drink “medicinally” in the novel?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Schnapps.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

9. How long does Bruno’s mother stay in Out-With looking for Bruno before finally returning to Berlin in Chapter Twenty: "The Last Chapter"?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Several months.

10. What food has Bruno brought to Shmuel when they meet by the fence in the opening of Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) Cheese and cake.
(b) Cookies and a sandwich.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Bread and an apple.

11. The narrator says of Bruno in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done,” that he “had been spending more time with Gretel lately and had developed a liking for” what?
(a) “Sarcasm.”
(b) “Arguments.”
(c) “Dolls.”
(d) “Lieutenant Kotler.”

12. When does Shmuel say he last saw his father in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

13. During dinner, Bruno decides that it makes him sad to look at whom, in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?
(a) Bruno’s father.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Lars.

14. Bruno is amazed at how much he looks like whom after his head has been shaved in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?
(a) Lars.
(b) Herr Roller.
(c) Shmuel.
(d) Bruno’s father.

15. Bruno suggests to Shmuel that what has likely happened to his father in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) He’s been sent to another town to work.
(b) He’s been promoted to a soldier’s rank.
(c) He’s been murdered.
(d) He's been set free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shaves Bruno’s head in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?

2. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he wants to work when he grows up in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?

3. For how long does Bruno’s father stay at Out-With after Bruno’s disappearance in Chapter Twenty: "The Last Chapter"?

4. Whom does Shmuel say he doesn’t like talking about because he scares him in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?

5. What is Bruno’s assessment of the world on the other side of the fence in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?

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