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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bruno’s Grandmother and Grandfather are said to live in a small flat near what area in Berlin, in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Near the fruit and vegetable stalls.
(b) Near the banker’s district.
(c) Near the Capitol Building.
(d) Near the old cemetery.

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

3. One of the soldiers speaking to Bruno’s father is overheard in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" saying, “We have lacked efficiency since the start of” what year?
(a) “Thirty-eight.”
(b) “Forty.”
(c) “Sixty-one.”
(d) “Forty-two.”

4. 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"?
(a) A dead mouse.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A dust cloth.
(d) A feral cat.

5. Where does Shmuel tell Bruno he’s from in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

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

7. What is the meaning of the word “ergo,” used in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions”?
(a) Until.
(b) Therefore.
(c) Hereto.
(d) Unless.

8. What does Shmuel say his mother is in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A painter.
(d) A lawyer.

9. Bruno tells Maria in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “Well, you’ve been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we’re all in the same boat. And it’s” what?
(a) “Turning to mutiny.”
(b) “Sunk.”
(c) “Capsizing.”
(d) “Leaking.”

10. What is the first name of Bruno’s Grandmother, used by his Grandfather in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) Gretel.
(b) Isobel.
(c) Louise.
(d) Nathalie.

11. Bruno says alone to himself in his room in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “I hate this house, I hate my room and I even hate” what?
(a) “The fence.”
(b) "The sky."
(c) "My room."
(d) “The paintwork.”

12. 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"?
(a) He helped hide her from the Nazis.
(b) He paid for her medical care and funeral.
(c) He sent her to Switzerland to recover.
(d) He revised her paperwork so she would not appear Jewish.

13. What Italian explorer, credited with first discovering the Americas, does Bruno describe learning about from his tutor in Chapter Nine: "Bruno Remembers that He Used to Enjoy Exploration"?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Diego de Almagro.
(c) Amerigo Vespucci.
(d) Charles John Andersson.

14. What does Bruno’s father do when he becomes angry at Bruno’s suggestion in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions"?
(a) He sends Bruno to his room.
(b) He spanks Bruno.
(c) He slaps Bruno on the face.
(d) He sends Bruno to the cellar.

15. Maria tells Bruno in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid,” “We must all just keep ourselves safe until this is all over. That’s what I intend to do anyway. What more can we do than that after all? It’s not up to us to” what?
(a) “Fix the world.”
(b) “Change things.”
(c) “Argue with Father.”
(d) “Save these people.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The bronze plaque on the bench that Bruno spies from his window states that “Out-With Camp” was established when?

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

3. What is the boy on the other side of the fence doing when Bruno first approaches him in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

4. Lieutenant Kotler is said to wear a great deal of what in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?

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

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