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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 cooking for dinner when Bruno arrives home in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Roast goose.
(c) Roast lamb.
(d) Roast chicken.

2. Whose seat at the dinner table does the Fury take in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) Bruno’s mother’s seat.
(b) Gretel’s seat.
(c) Bruno’s father’s seat.
(d) Bruno’s seat.

3. Bruno describes talking to his friend Shmuel about Berlin in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie.” In this conversation, Bruno says that you shouldn’t go to town on what day “unless you want to get pushed from pillar to post”?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

4. At what time does Bruno’s father say the Fury is coming to their house for dinner in the flashback in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 9:00.
(d) 7:00.

5. 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?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who shaves Bruno’s head in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?

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

4. What does Gretel spend her spare time doing in the weeks that pass in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

5. When he is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” Bruno recalls the time in class he’d put his hand up and called the teacher what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is represented by the character called “the Fury” in the novel?

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

3. 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"?

4. How does Gretel’s character evolve in the narrative? What leads to the biggest changes in Gretel’s character?

5. What instructions does Bruno’s father give to Bruno and his sister on the evening that the Fury comes to dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

6. 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"?

7. 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"?

8. 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?

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

10. What leads to the scary incident between Lieutenant Kotler and Pavel in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine"?

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