Boy in the Striped Pajamas ch: 17

“But mother didn’t have a Shmuel of her own.”

What is the significance of this thought from Bruno?

• she was lonely and needed a friend to talk to

• she really liked Jewish kids

• she preferred Shmuel to Bruno

• she hates her husband's jokes

How does Bruno’s mother react to her husband’s claim that living there is their duty?

• she thinks that Germans are rubbish, especially Nazis

• she said nothing because she was scared

• she accepted it fully as an officer's wife

• she says that this was his assignment, not theirs. He could stay if he wanted to.

How does she react, and why does she do so when her husband says that it is his work?

• she accepts his every word

• She shouts at him that he even called what he is doing, as work.

• she laughs and tells him he should do stand up

• she accepts that their work is hard, and they need to do better

Bruno's father accepted the Auschwitz job because

• he wanted to further himself as a Nazi and Hitler supporter

• he knew his family would enjoy their time at Auschwitz

• he has little time for his wife and he hates his kids

• it was a place where they could all learn about the horrors of war

How can you infer that Bruno’s mother has an alcohol dependency?

• she always has a drink in her hand

• she liked to party with the Nazi officers

• she would fall asleep during the day after medicinal sherries

• she would arrive late to breakfast still drunk

What concession does Bruno’s father finally give to his wife and children?

• they have to wait until the end of the war before going

• they can return to Berlin, while he will remain there

• they can have a holiday in Berlin but must return

• the children can go back to Berlin, but his wife must remain

"It was like a silence that was very noisy." is a literary example of a

• metaphor

• juxteposition

• simile

• hook

Bruno's father sniggers at Bruno's understanding of Auschwitz because

• he can't quite understand his son

• he hates Jews so much and their misery makes him happy

• he is bored of his son's prattle, and is thinking of a joke he once heard

• Germans have a very weird sense of humor, and Bruno is funny to him