The Boy in the Striped Pajamas movie

What is the mood of the movie in the first scene? How can you tell?

• serious- because there is tension between the children and the adults

• happy- because the music is is happy and the children are laughing

• angry- because the adults are yelling

• humorous- because the music is goofy and the children are laughing

Why does Bruno have to move away in the beginning?

• because he is being sent to boarding school

• because his father lost his job

• because they are Jewish

• because his father was promoted to a new job

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How does Bruno feel about moving away in the beginning? How can we tell?

• he is sad (he will miss his friends)

• he is excited (he loves adventures)

• he is timid (he is nervous about leaving his grandparents)

• he is happy (he is ready to make a new friend)

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How do we know that the grandmother does not like Nazis? Check all that apply?

• she shows disgust at her son's party for his promotion

• she will not come to visit her son and his family while they are next to the concentration camp

• she protests in Berlin before being bombed by Hitler

• she would not have wanted Hitler's signed card on her coffin

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Who does Bruno think the people in the striped pajamas are when he first arrives to the new house?

• ranchers

• slaves

• farmers

• Jews

Why would Bruno's parents not tell him the truth about the people in the striped pajamas?

• because children were not supposed to know about the Holocaust

• because they wanted to protect him from the ugly truth of the war

• because Hitler would not allow it

• because they did not know the truth themselves

Who is Pavel?

• the name of tone of the Nazi lieutenants at the house

• the maid who helps Bruno and Gretel

• the boy in the concentration camp

• the Jew who helps out at the house

How characters treat Pavel differently reveals what about the characters? (choose all that apply)

• their hatred or kindness toward Jews

• whether they are a child or an adult

• whether they view Jews as humans or less than human

• their fear of what the war will do to their families

Who is Lieutenant Kotler?

• the officer that guards the gas chamber at the end

• Bruno's father

• Shmuel's father

• the Nazi officer at Bruno's new house

What actions support the claim that Lieutenant Kotler is cruel? (choose all that apply)

• he beat up Pavel when he spilled the wine at the dinner table

• He said, "They smell even worse when they're burning."

• he screamed at Shmuel for stealing and hit him later for it

• he screamed at Pavel like an animal to go get Bruno a tire for the swing