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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people on the other side of the fence are described as being how far from Bruno’s home, as he and Gretel watch from the window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) 200 feet away.
(b) 20 feet away.
(c) 50 feet away.
(d) 100 feet away.

2. What had been Bruno’s grandmother’s employment in her youth?
(a) She was a secretary.
(b) She was a painter.
(c) She was an acrobat.
(d) She was a singer.

3. What does Maria tell Bruno she’d always enjoyed at the house in Berlin in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?
(a) The basement.
(b) The garden.
(c) The banister.
(d) The attic.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window" that “Hilda had been told time and time again that she was not to call her brother” what?
(a) “Stupid.”
(b) “A pest.”
(c) “A jerk.”
(d) “A Nazi.”

5. What are the people behind the fence said to be pushing from one side of the camp to the other in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) Mules.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Wheelbarrows.
(d) Automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Gretel not see “the children” from her own bedroom window in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

2. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

3. What does Maria say that Bruno’s father did for her mother after Maria had been working for the family a short time in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

4. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

5. What covers the walls in Bruno’s father’s office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

(see the answer key)

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