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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 is Gretel said to arrange and rearrange in her bedroom in her free time in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?
(a) Her dresses.
(b) Her jewelry.
(c) Her stuffed animals.
(d) Her dolls.

2. Who admits to missing Berlin first in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Bruno.
(b) Gretel.
(c) Isobel.
(d) Herr Liszt.

3. When did World War II end in Europe?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

4. What symbol does Bruno describe on his father’s armband in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A star.
(c) A swastika.
(d) A heart.

5. What is the name of the boy in the book that Bruno describes to Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) John Watkins.
(b) Jim Hawkins.
(c) Jimmy Rollins.
(d) Peter Pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bruno doing when his sister Gretel comes into his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. For how long do the Fury and his date stay at Bruno’s family’s home for dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you characterize the denouement of the novel in Chapter Twenty: "The Last Chapter"?

2. How does Bruno “let slip” about Shmuel to his sister in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"? How does he cover up this revelation?

3. How does Bruno recall the evening that the Fury came to dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

4. What are Bruno’s impressions when his family returns to Berlin briefly in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"? How has the camp changed when they return?

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

6. What exchange takes place between Bruno and Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?

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

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

9. How does Bruno’s father finally figure out what happened to Bruno in Chapter Twenty: "The Last Chapter"?

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

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