Boy in Striped Pajamas 3-5

Who are the "monsters" that Bruno refers to in Chapter 3?

• His sister Gretel's dolls
• His sister Gretel
• His sister Gretel's friends
• Monsters that live under his sister Gretel's bed

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"But there was something about the new house that made Bruno think that no one ever laughed there; there was nothing to laugh at and nothing to be happy about."
Based on the quote above, how does Bruno feel about his new house?

• He feels the new house is cool and fun; he loves the open space; he feels right at home
• He feels the new house is old, dreary, cold and boring; he feels alone and not at home
• He feels the new house will be an adventure for him to explore and find new nooks and crannies! He can't wait to set up his room.
• He is indifferent about the new house; it neither excites him or disappoints him.

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Bruno and his family were able to find seats on a spacious and comfortable train on the way to the new house. What did he witness which left a deep impression?

• His father left in an official car with flags on the front.

• A huge group of people were crowded into a smaller train.

• Gretel left a box of her dolls on the train platform.

• A soldier shot someone as the train pulled away.

Mother was happy about the move to the new house.

• True

• False

How did Father try to convince Bruno to accept the move to the new house?

• He lectured Bruno about the appropriate behaviour of a child.

• He ordered to Bruno to go to his room and think about what he had said.

• He stressed to Bruno the importance of the family doing its duty.

• He promised Bruno that they would only be living there for a short time.

What is “out-with” and what is its purpose in the book?

• Outside, story takes place the entire time outside Being kicked out of the house, the story’s moral is about living alone

• A camp near the new house where Bruno sees something strange occurring.

• A camp, in which the story takes place in and where they torture him and his friends

• sets the period of time and place of when the story takes place

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Why did they have to turn the lights off?

• Bombing raids at night

• It gets scary at night

• They have night vision

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Why does Bruno assume these other children aren’t very friendly?

• ) Because they weren't dancing or having fun

• ) Because they all looked depressed

• ) Because they weren’t talking

• ) Because they were all wearing the same boring old clothes

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Why was Gretel in denial about what they thought the camp was?(Chp.4)

• She wanted to figure out what it was by herself

• Bruno doesn’t believe her and she feels like she doesn’t know what she's talking about

• She doesn’t want to believe that the camp was a bad place and tried to convince herself she was right

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From the clues in the text how does Gretel and Bruno feel about the landscape outside their window?

• Gretel and Bruno wanted to go explore the landscape because they were curious.

• They had a bad feelings about the landscape and thought it had something to do with his father’s job

• Gretel and Bruno think the landscape outside there window is very dull

• They thought the landscape was a stomach-turning place to live because the surroundings seemed to be very poor.

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