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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. Whom does the narrator say Bruno had “become much friendlier with than he ever had been back in Berlin” in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Maria.
(c) Bruno’s father.
(d) Bruno’s mother.

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

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

4. What has happened to Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) He’s gone AWOL.
(b) He’s been murdered.
(c) He’s gotten married.
(d) He’s been transferred elsewhere.

5. How does Shmuel say the soldiers feel about him and the others on his side of the fence in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) He says they are in awe of them.
(b) He says they envy them.
(c) He says they like them.
(d) He says they hate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real name of the camp that Bruno calls Out-With in the novel?

2. What book is Bruno carrying that his father recently gave him in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

3. What does Bruno take from the kitchen to give to Shmuel in the beginning of Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?

4. What language does Gretel tell the Fury she can speak in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

5. The narrator says of Bruno in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done,” that he “had been spending more time with Gretel lately and had developed a liking for” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Bruno discover Shmuel in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"? What does Bruno offer to Shmuel?

2. What does Bruno learn about Shmuel’s life on the other side of the fence in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?

3. How does Bruno feel about leaving Out-With in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

4. What leads to Lieutenant Kotler’s berating of Shmuel in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

5. How does Shmuel explain his absence when he finally sees Bruno in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?

6. What lead to Bruno’s “haircut” in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?

7. How does Bruno’s father respond to the suggestion from his wife that she and the children leave Out-With in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

8. How is the setting where Shmuel’s family lived in the ghetto described in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?

9. How is the weather described when Bruno goes to meet Shmuel in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?

10. What leads Bruno’s mother to demand leaving Out-With in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

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