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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 two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?
(a) “Heil Hitler.”
(b) “Nazi Furor.”
(c) “Hich Nazi.”
(d) “Semper fidelis.”

2. How long ago had the Fury been to Bruno’s house in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Three weeks ago.
(b) A year ago.
(c) A week ago.
(d) A month ago.

3. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”
(a) “It means just a few days.”
(b) “It means a few months.”
(c) “It means in at least a year.”
(d) “It means weeks from now.”

4. Gretel says in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Father hates” what?
(a) “Jews.”
(b) “German things.”
(c) “Modern things.”
(d) “Politics.”

5. 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?
(a) Herr Walker.
(b) Herr Liszt.
(c) Herr Rothbaum.
(d) Herr Roller.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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"?

3. What does Shmuel say his mother is in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

4. In the flashback to Christmas in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out,” what name does Grandmother call Bruno’s father?

5. What is the name of the tutor who arrives to teach Bruno and Gretel in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maria relate to Bruno of his father’s actions toward her and her mother in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

2. How does Bruno come to discover his family is moving in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"? How does Bruno respond?

3. What does Bruno tell Maria about regarding the move in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

4. How does Gretel go about attempting to cheer up her brother in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

5. How is Bruno’s relationship to his grandparents described in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

6. What is Bruno’s father’s position within the German military? What is the reason for his relocation?

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

8. What led up to Bruno’s grandmother storming out of his house in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

9. What is Gretel’s response to the mystery of the fence and what is beyond it in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

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

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