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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gretel spend her spare time doing in the weeks that pass in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Reading newspapers.
(b) Playing with makeup.
(c) Playing with her dolls.
(d) Reading romance novels.

2. What symbol does Bruno describe on his father’s armband in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?
(a) A heart.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A swastika.
(d) A star.

3. How far in the future does Bruno’s father say that Bruno, Gretel and their mother will return to Berlin in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Next month.
(b) In two weeks.
(c) Within the year.
(d) Within the week.

4. What book is Bruno carrying that his father recently gave him in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) Treasure Island.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

5. Lieutenant Kotler says in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine" that his father was a professor of what?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) History.
(c) Biology.
(d) Literature.

6. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he wants to work when he grows up in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?
(a) In a school.
(b) In a cathedral.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In a zoo.

7. By what name does the Fury call the woman who accompanies him to dinner at Bruno’s house in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) Dora.
(b) Sara.
(c) Eva.
(d) Olga.

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

9. On what day does Bruno tell Shmuel he is returning to Berlin in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) On Saturday.
(b) On Sunday.
(c) On Friday.
(d) On Thursday.

10. When Bruno tells Shmuel about his family’s maid Maria in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine,” he says, “She’s very nice although Father says she’s” what?
(a) “Overpaid.”
(b) “Lazy.”
(c) “Too strict.”
(d) “Troublesome.”

11. At what time does Bruno’s father say the Fury is coming to their house for dinner in the flashback in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 9:00.

12. What happens when Bruno watches a dog on the other side of the fence in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) Lieutenant Kotler kicks the dog.
(b) Lieutenant Kotler screams.
(c) Lieutenant Kotler shoots into the air.
(d) Lieutenant Kotler shoots the dog.

13. What is Bruno’s reply when Shmuel says to him in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question,” “You’re on the wrong side of the fence though”?
(a) “You could crawl under.”
(b) “You could climb over.”
(c) “I could climb over.”
(d) “I could crawl under.”

14. How is the Fury’s moustache described in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) “Square.”
(b) “Plain.”
(c) “Tiny.”
(d) “Choppy.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy in the book that Bruno describes to Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

2. What is the name of the pirate in Bruno’s book in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

3. How many glasses are in Bruno’s mother’s fancy set that are being cleaned for the party in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

4. Gretel tells Bruno in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut" that the people on the other side of the fence are all what?

5. What food has Bruno brought to Shmuel when they meet by the fence in the opening of Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?

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