The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

How does Maria react when Bruno calls his father stupid?

• She agrees with Bruno.
• She insists that father is a good man.
• She says that it doesn't matter

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is Maria grateful to the Commandant?

• He took care of Maria and her mother.
• He saved her from the concentration camp.
• They were childhood friends.
• He saved her from an accident.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

What causes Bruno and Gretel to feel uncomfortable with Lieutenant Kotler?

• He is not in uniform.
• He is flirting with Gretel.
• He is disrespectful and rude to Pavel.
• He is disrespectful to father.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

How does Pavel help Bruno after he falls off the tire swing?

• He picks him up.
• He cleans his wounds.
• He bandages his wounds.
• All of the above.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Why is Bruno surprised to discover that Pavel is a doctor?

• Pavel works in the kitchen and waits on them.
• Pavel seems to old.
• Pavel didn't know what to do when Bruno fell.
• Pavel was too weak to be a doctor.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Maria says, "He has a lot of kindness in his soul, truly he does, which makes me wonder..."
If she were to finish this sentence what might she say?

• How Bruno's father can ignore his children
• How Bruno's father could do his job as Commandant in the Nazi Army
• How he could move his family away from Berlin
• How he could give her a job.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Do you think that Bruno’s father could be as kind a man as Maria describes and still be a Nazi officer?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Why is Maria so upset when Bruno keeps complaining that his father made a terrible mistake in coming to Out-With?

• Bruno's father has been very generous to her
• She knows saying things like that could cause trouble
• Both answers are correct
• Neither answers are correct

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

Do you agree with Maria that Bruno should keep his criticism to himself? Why or why not?

• Yes, he should not criticize his father
• No, he should be allowed to say what he wants

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To what is Maria referring when she says that it is not up to her and Bruno to change things? Why do Bruno and Maria both feel like crying after she makes this statement?

• They are both poor.
• They are both uniformed.
• They are both powerless.
• The are both too sad to do anything.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3