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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done,” that “Bruno had only known one person whom he considered to be mad and that was” whom?
(a) Herr Roller.
(b) Herr Liszt.
(c) Herr Rothbaum.
(d) Herr Walker.

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

3. When he is talking to Gretel in his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” Bruno recalls the time in class he’d put his hand up and called the teacher what?
(a) “Mother.”
(b) “Sarah.”
(c) “Miss Lost.”
(d) “Miss Potts.”

4. Where is Lieutenant Kotler’s father said to have relocated after leaving Germany in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?
(a) Israel.
(b) The United States.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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 Lost Cause.”
(c) “The Brat Packer.”
(d) “A Sorry Sight.”

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the Fury call the woman who accompanies him to dinner at Bruno’s house in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?

2. 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?

3. After Bruno has let slip that he has a friend named Shmuel in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie,” how does he go about covering it up from Gretel?

4. Bruno says of his father and all fathers in Chapter Two: "The New House" that “fathers are supposed to be” what?

5. What does Maria tell Bruno she’d always enjoyed at the house in Berlin in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

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