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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bruno perceive all of the people to be wearing at the camp across the fence in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
2. 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"?
3. Gretel explains to Bruno in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case" that “Out-With” is the name of what?
4. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
5. What is the boy on the other side of the fence doing when Bruno first approaches him in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bruno respond when his father asks him what he thinks of their new home in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?
2. Would you describe Bruno’s character as “innocent” in the novel? How “innocent” are Bruno’s parents?
3. How does Bruno go about “making the best of the situation” in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
4. Whom does Bruno ask for help in finding a tire in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"? Why?
5. What confuses Bruno about the people 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"?
6. Where does Bruno first meet the boy from the camp in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
7. How does Bruno compare his new home to his old one in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
8. What does Bruno show Gretel in his room in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"? How does Gretel respond?
9. What is Bruno’s father’s position within the German military? What is the reason for his relocation?
10. What leads Bruno to go exploring in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"? Where does he first go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic policies and racially motivated ideology in Nazi Germany as seen throughout The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. How are racism and anti-Semitism portrayed in the novel? What characters display these characteristics?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Shmuel’s experiences as a Jew prior to his imprisonment at Auschwitz. What had been Shmuel’s father’s profession prior to relocation? Where was Shmuel’s family first taken after they were forced to leave their home? How realistic is the author’s depiction of the realities for Jews at this time?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of family in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. How does Bruno feel about his family in the beginning of the novel? How does Maria’s story about Bruno’s father change his perception of him? How is the theme of family represented symbolically in the end of the novel?
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