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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno tell Shmuel he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A rabbi.

2. What is the name of the pirate in Bruno’s book in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) Nathaniel Butler.
(b) Dread Pirate Roberts.
(c) Long John Silver.
(d) Sir Andrew Barton.

3. What does Bruno say is “always wise when you’re exploring” in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) Sending out spies.
(b) Staying hidden.
(c) Looking for evidence.
(d) Wearing a costume.

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) Smoking pipes and singing songs.
(b) Marching like the soldiers.
(c) Pushing wheelbarrows back and forth.
(d) Sitting in rocking chairs on their porches.

5. What does Bruno offer to do in order to help Shmuel in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) Ask his grandmother if Shmuel can live with him.
(b) Report Shmuel’s father missing to the police.
(c) Ask his father about Shmuel’s father.
(d) Ask his mother about Shmuel’s father.

6. How did Adolf Hitler die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He was hung.
(c) He died in a car accident.
(d) He was killed by firing squad.

7. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question" that after his family was forced to move from their home, they were relocated with another family. How many people does Shmuel say lived in one room at this location?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

8. Whom does Shmuel say he doesn’t like talking about because he scares him in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?
(a) Bruno’s father.
(b) Lieutenant Kotler.
(c) Herr Liszt.
(d) Herr Roller.

9. What is Bruno doing when his sister Gretel comes into his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?
(a) Reading.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Wrapping up food.

10. How is the weather described when Bruno waked up in the beginning of Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?
(a) Cold and dry.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

11. When Bruno is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” he recalls the time that who walked in on him in the bathroom?
(a) His teacher.
(b) Helga.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Grandmother.

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

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

14. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine" that most of the people on his side of the fence are from Poland, but there are others from what country?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

15. Bruno points out that there are hundreds of children on the other side of the fence, all wearing what, in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Striped pajamas.
(b) No clothes.
(c) Winter coats.
(d) Soldier’s uniforms.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bruno changes clothes before crossing the fence in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day,” he tells Shmuel that this reminds him of what?

2. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question" that when his family was forced to move from their house they moved into another part of what city?

3. What was Shmuel’s father’s profession prior to coming to Out-With?

4. During dinner in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine,” Bruno complains that Herr Liszt won’t let them read 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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