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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. Bruno angers his father in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" by suggesting that his father do what?
(a) Send him to live with Grandmother.
(b) Move to the United States.
(c) Apologize to the Fury.
(d) Divorce his mother.

2. Where does Bruno find the rope needed to build his tire swing in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) The attic.
(b) The basement.
(c) In Gretel’s room.
(d) In the shed.

3. How old is Bruno’s Grandmother said to be in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) 62.
(b) 81.
(c) 59.
(d) 73.

4. The soldier that Bruno sees leave his parents room in Chapter Two: "The New House" is described as having what color hair?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

5. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) A goldfish pond.
(b) A garden.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose father is described as a green-grocer in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

2. Bruno says of his father and all fathers in Chapter Two: "The New House" that “fathers are supposed to be” what?

3. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?

4. What Italian explorer and cartographer, who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts, does Bruno describe learning about in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

5. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gretel ask about the people in the camp in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

3. 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"?

4. What is revealed on the plaque that Bruno reads in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

5. Where does Bruno succeed in getting a tire in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"? What does he do with it?

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

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

8. How is the character of Shmuel described in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

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

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

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