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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Shmuel’s father’s profession prior to coming to Out-With?
(a) He was a bank teller.
(b) He was a watchmaker.
(c) He was a butcher.
(d) He was a rabbi.

2. Bruno discovers that Pavel had what profession prior to becoming a servant in his home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) He was a policeman.
(b) He was a butcher.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a doctor.

3. Gretel is how many years older than Bruno in the novel?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What are the names of Gretel’s friends that she says she misses back in Berlin in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Sara, Janet, and Opal.
(b) Hilda, Isobel, and Louise.
(c) Christine, Helga, and Katherine.
(d) Jennifer, Michelle, and Jessica.

5. 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) Divorce his mother.
(c) Move to the United States.
(d) Apologize to the Fury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bruno’s family’s house in Berlin “didn’t even have a name; it was just called” what, according to the narrator in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

2. What is cooking for dinner when Bruno arrives home in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?

3. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”

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. On what date does Bruno say he was born in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?

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