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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Blue and green.
(b) Red and blue.
(c) Green and white.
(d) Red and black.

2. The people on the other side of the fence are described as being how far from Bruno’s home, as he and Gretel watch from the window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?
(a) 200 feet away.
(b) 50 feet away.
(c) 100 feet away.
(d) 20 feet away.

3. 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 lawyer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

4. Pavel is said to have what nightly duties within Bruno’s family’s home in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"?
(a) Peeling vegetables and serving dinner.
(b) Polishing silver and cooking dinner.
(c) Sweeping and mopping the house.
(d) Cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry.

5. By what nickname does Bruno secretly refer to his sister Gretel in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?
(a) “A Sorry Sight.”
(b) “A Lost Cause.”
(c) “A Hopeless Case.”
(d) “The Brat Packer.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gretel’s answer when Bruno asks her in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case,” “What is foreseeable future exactly?”

2. When does Shmuel say his date of birth is in Chapter Ten: "The Dot that Became a Speck that Became a Blob that Became a Figure that Became a Boy"?

3. What is described as being directly underneath Bruno’s window in Chapter Four: "What they Saw through the Window"?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bruno go about “making the best of the situation” in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

2. What did Bruno experience of his grandmother’s argument with his father in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

3. How does Bruno become injured in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"? Who helps him?

4. Whom does Bruno ask for help in finding a tire in Chapter Seven: "How Mother Took Credit for Something that She Hadn't Done"? Why?

5. What confuses Bruno about the people 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"?

6. What conversation takes place between Bruno and his father regarding their move in Chapter One: "Bruno Makes a Discovery"?

7. What does Bruno show Gretel in his room in Chapter Three: "The Hopeless Case"? How does Gretel respond?

8. What led up to Bruno’s grandmother storming out of his house in Chapter Eight: "Why Grandmother Stormed Out"?

9. How does Bruno’s mother feel about her family’s relocation to Out-With? What are her main concerns about this setting?

10. What does Bruno tell Maria about regarding the move in Chapter Six: "The Overpaid Maid"?

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