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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bruno’s sister Gretel is described as having a large collection of what toys in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Play-houses.
(b) Stuffed animals.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Train sets.

2. What does Bruno arrive home to find the maid Maria doing in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Trying to start the car engine.
(b) Killing a mouse in the kitchen.
(c) Packing his belongings.
(d) Weeping uncontrollably.

3. 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) “A jerk.”
(b) “Stupid.”
(c) “A Nazi.”
(d) “A pest.”

4. 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) Wheelbarrows.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Mules.
(d) Automobiles.

5. By what nickname does Bruno secretly refer to his sister Gretel in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) “A Hopeless Case.”
(b) “A Sorry Sight.”
(c) “The Brat Packer.”
(d) “A Lost Cause.”

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. 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"?

3. Whom does Bruno complain to about the move his family has made in his new bedroom in Chapter Two: "The New House"?

4. Whom does Bruno recall his mother having said they “never should have let come to dinner” in his memory of leaving their home in Berlin in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?

5. How does Bruno define his father’s office in the story, both in Berlin and in Out-With?

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