The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (4-6)

"...growing flowers was good...like putting a tiny candle of light in the corner"(31)

• A fairy tale

• Hope during the Holocaust

• Protection during the Holocaust

• Failure

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How old is Gretel?

• .

• 11

• 12

• 13

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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

"I don't think you could grow anything in all that dirt"(34).

What does this mean?

• There are no gardens

• It is a place of despair and death

• There is no food

• It is a place of nothingness

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Some people and their determination..."(40). What theme does this represent?

• Determination can blind you from the truth

• Determination achieves great goals

• Determination is destructive

• Determination can help you do anything

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Their arms shot out in the same way that Father had taught Bruno to salute"(43). What is this?

• A punch to the face

• A wave goodbye

• A Nazi salute

• A dab

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Those people...well, they're not people at all, Bruno"(53).

Who says this and why?

• Bruno. He is angry.

• Bruno's dad. He is angry.

• Bruno. He is dehumanizing the prisoners.

• Bruno's dad. He is dehumanizing the prisoners.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"There was something in her eyes, a sort of frenzied worry..."(65). What is up with Maria?

• She is worried about Bruno's dad

• She is terrified of Bruno's dad

• She is sad for Bruno's dad

• She is mad at Bruno's dad

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3