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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floors, including the basement, comprise Bruno’s family’s new home in Out-With?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done" that the only spare tire he’s seen around recently belongs to whom?
(a) Herr Roller.
(b) Commandant Schneider.
(c) Sergeant Hoffschneider.
(d) Herr Liszt.

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

4. 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?”
(a) “No. I think we should go home.”
(b) “I’m sure I’ll come to love it, Father.”
(c) “Are you sure we’ve come to the right place?”
(d) “Yes, Father. I love it here.”

5. What is Bruno’s father’s title in the military?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Commandant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bruno tells Shmuel about his family’s maid Maria in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine,” he says, “She’s very nice although Father says she’s” what?

2. What is the name of the boy who frequently hit Shmuel when his family was relocated to the ghetto in Chapter Twelve: "Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question"?

3. How is the Fury’s moustache described in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

4. By what name does Gretel call Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

5. When Bruno is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” he recalls the time that who walked in on him in the bathroom?

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