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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 garden.
(b) The tree house.
(c) The banister.
(d) The moat.

2. What song is Bruno’s Grandmother said to have always sung at parties in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) My Sister and I.
(b) Maria Elena.
(c) Song of the Volga Boatmen.
(d) La Vie en Rose.

3. What two words comprised the common Nazi salute during the Third Reich?
(a) “Hich Nazi.”
(b) “Semper fidelis.”
(c) “Nazi Furor.”
(d) “Heil Hitler.”

4. What is described on the armband worn by the boy that Bruno meets on the other side of the fence in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?
(a) A swastika.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A star.
(d) A heart.

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

6. How many other maids join Maria in service at Bruno’s family’s home in Out-With in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

7. 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"?
(a) Military uniforms.
(b) Gray striped pajamas.
(c) Dirty work suits.
(d) Red and blue striped pajamas.

8. What is the name of the butler in Bruno’s household in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Karl.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Lars.
(d) Martin.

9. 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 the cellar.
(b) He slaps Bruno on the face.
(c) He spanks Bruno.
(d) He sends Bruno to his room.

10. Whom does Bruno complain to about the move his family has made in his new bedroom in Chapter Two: "The New House"?
(a) Maria.
(b) Peter.
(c) Lars.
(d) Shmuel.

11. Bruno’s Grandfather “had spent his entire life running a restaurant in the centre of town, and one of his employees was the father” of which of Bruno’s friends?
(a) Martin.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Lars.
(d) Karl.

12. How old is Bruno’s Grandmother said to be in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?
(a) 81.
(b) 59.
(c) 73.
(d) 62.

13. Whose father is described as being a teacher in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) Lars’s.
(b) Daniel’s.
(c) Martin’s.
(d) Karl’s.

14. The official car that drove Bruno and his family to the train station when they left Berlin is described in Chapter Five: "Out of Bounds at All Times and No Exceptions" as having what color flags on the front?
(a) Red and blue.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Green and white.
(d) Red and black.

15. What are the names of Gretel’s friends that she says she misses back in Berlin in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"?
(a) Christine, Helga, and Katherine.
(b) Hilda, Isobel, and Louise.
(c) Jennifer, Michelle, and Jessica.
(d) Sara, Janet, and Opal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the three best friends of Bruno’s that he must leave behind in Berlin?

2. How old was Bruno’s Grandfather said to be when Bruno’s family left for Out-With?

3. 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"?

4. Shmuel tells Bruno in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy" that his name sounds like what?

5. 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?

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