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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”
(a) “It means weeks from now.”
(b) “It means in at least a year.”
(c) “It means a few months.”
(d) “It means just a few days.”

2. What does Bruno consider to be the best thing about his house in Berlin, according to the author in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) The tree house.
(b) The garden.
(c) The banister.
(d) The moat.

3. How old is Bruno in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

4. What is the young soldier carrying downstairs when Bruno first sees him in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A box.
(c) A doll.
(d) A bouquet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldier that Bruno sees leave his parents room in Chapter Two: "The New House" is described as having what color hair?

2. What is the name of the butler in Bruno’s household in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

3. When Bruno takes his sister Gretel to look out of his bedroom window, Maria comes charging out carrying what in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?

4. How long ago had the Fury been to Bruno’s house in the opening of Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

5. What is Bruno’s response when his father asks him in his office in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions,” “What do you think? … Of your new home. Do you like it?”

(see the answer key)

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