The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Ch. 8-10)

Why did the last play Bruno and Gretel performed with Grandmother end in disaster?

• Grandmother had a fight with Bruno’s father
  and stormed out of the house.
• Grandmother had a fight with Bruno's mother and overturned the table.
• Bruno and Gretel forgot all of their lines which caused the guests to leave earlier.
• Bruno's father invited Hitler and Grandmother made a scene.

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Why was Grandmother unimpressed with her son’s new uniform?

• She thought that a commandant should not wear a dirty uniform.
• She was strongly against the ideas the uniform represented. 
• She had made him a uniform herself, but he decided to wear his old instead.
• The uniform had the wrong colours.

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Why does Herr Liszt dislike storybooks?

• He believes that only books about contemporary matters are important, not fiction.
• He was bullied as a child because he read storybooks.
• He believes that fiction was created by the devil.
• He believes that storybooks are only for Jewish people.

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Why does Bruno decide to explore to find out more about the people in the striped
pajamas?

• Bruno decides to explore because he wonders what the difference is between him and the people in striped pajamas.
• Bruno decides to explore because he has never seen such weird pajamas.
• Bruno decides to explore because he wonders what the difference is between the people in the
  striped pajamas and the people wearing the uniforms.
• Bruno decides to explore because hs has a very curious nature.

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Why does Bruno think that Shmuel’s face is strange?

• He thinks that because his face appears to be very thin and grey, and his eyes seem very sad.
• He thinks that because Shmuel has very long hair which does not fit with the rest of the people in pajamas.
• He thinks that because Shmuel looks like Bruno's father.
• He thinks that because his face appears to be very round and he has rosy cheeks.  His eyes seem very confused.

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When Bruno states that he and Shmuel are like twins, why does Shmuel reply, “A
little bit”?

• While Bruno
  can only see how he and Shmuel are alike, Shmuel can see the big difference.
• While Bruno
  can only see how he and Shmuel are alike, Shmuel can't help but cry.
• It sounds very rude to Shmuel at first, but then he explains why.
• He says "a little bit" because Shmuel only has one arm.

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