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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Packing his belongings.
(b) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.
(c) Trying to start the car engine.
(d) Weeping uncontrollably.

2. The boy on the other side of the fence is described as having eyes the color of what in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) Caramel sweets.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Brushed wheat.
(d) Cotton candy.

3. Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done" that the only spare tire he’s seen around recently belongs to whom?
(a) Herr Liszt.
(b) Sergeant Hoffschneider.
(c) Commandant Schneider.
(d) Herr Roller.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Hilda had been told time and time again that she was not to call her brother” what?
(a) “A Nazi.”
(b) “A jerk.”
(c) “Stupid.”
(d) “A pest.”

5. What does Bruno consider to be the best thing about his house in Berlin, according to the author in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) The moat.
(b) The banister.
(c) The tree house.
(d) The garden.

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 color hair is Bruno’s mother described as having in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. What does Maria say that Bruno’s father did for her mother after Maria had been working for the family a short time in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

4. 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"?

5. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he’s from in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Bruno to go exploring in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"? Where does he first go?

2. How would you describe the character of Bruno based on the reading of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. Who does “the Fury” refer to in the novel? What information does the reader learn about the Fury in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

4. Where does Bruno first meet the boy from the camp in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

5. How does Bruno respond when his father asks him what he thinks of their new home in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

6. Whom does Bruno ask for help in finding a tire in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"? Why?

7. How is the setting beyond the fence described in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

8. How does Bruno go about “making the best of the situation” in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

9. What does Bruno show Gretel in his room in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"? How does Gretel respond?

10. How does Bruno study his class work while at Out-With in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

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