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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Sarah.”
(b) “Miss Potts.”
(c) “Mother.”
(d) “Miss Lost.”

2. What is Bruno’s assessment of the world on the other side of the fence in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?
(a) “I don’t think I like it here.”
(b) “I’m envious of those who live here.”
(c) “I’m enjoying myself tremendously.”
(d) “It is really a magical place here.”

3. When Bruno changes clothes before crossing the fence in Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day,” he tells Shmuel that this reminds him of what?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His grandmother.

4. 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?
(a) Helga.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) His teacher.
(d) Grandmother.

5. For how long do the Fury and his date stay at Bruno’s family’s home for dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

6. What does Shmuel do for the first time in the end of Chapter Fifteen: "Something He Shouldn't Have Done"?
(a) He begs for food.
(b) He shakes Bruno’s hand.
(c) He hugs Bruno.
(d) He tells Bruno he’s happy to be friends.

7. Who in Bruno’s family also contracts lice in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?
(a) Gretel.
(b) Bruno’s father.
(c) Bruno’s mother.
(d) Bruno’s grandmother.

8. What color dress does Gretel wear on the evening when the Fury is coming to dinner in Chapter Eleven: "The Fury"?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

9. Who shaves Bruno’s head in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut"?
(a) Bruno’s mother.
(b) Gretel.
(c) Lieutenant Kotler.
(d) Bruno’s father.

10. How far in the future does Bruno’s father say that Bruno, Gretel and their mother will return to Berlin in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?
(a) Next month.
(b) In two weeks.
(c) Within the year.
(d) Within the week.

11. How long does Bruno’s mother stay in Out-With looking for Bruno before finally returning to Berlin in Chapter Twenty: "The Last Chapter"?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Several months.

12. What does Bruno say is “always wise when you’re exploring” in Chapter Eighteen: "Thinking Up the Final Adventure"?
(a) Sending out spies.
(b) Wearing a costume.
(c) Looking for evidence.
(d) Staying hidden.

13. How is the weather described when Bruno waked up in the beginning of Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Cold and dry.

14. Gretel tells Bruno in Chapter Sixteen: "The Haircut" that the people on the other side of the fence are all what?
(a) Jews.
(b) Sinners.
(c) Polish.
(d) Catholics.

15. Lieutenant Kotler says in Chapter Thirteen: "The Bottle of Wine" that his father was a professor of what?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bruno describes talking to his friend Shmuel about Berlin in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie.” In this conversation, Bruno says that you shouldn’t go to town on what day “unless you want to get pushed from pillar to post”?

2. What is Bruno doing when his sister Gretel comes into his room in Chapter Fourteen: "Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie"?

3. Where have Bruno and Shmuel been taken presumably in the end of Chapter Nineteen: "What Happened the Next Day"?

4. Whom does the narrator say Bruno had “become much friendlier with than he ever had been back in Berlin” in Chapter Seventeen: "Mother Gets Her Own Way"?

5. How did Adolf Hitler die?

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