The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapters 7-15

What is strange about Lieutenant Kotler’s age?

• Auschwitz normally only had female lieutenants working with children

• normally Nazi soldiers were at least 25

• he is too old for Gretal to consider as a boyfriend

• he is still a teenager, yet he is a lieutenant

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Which information from Pavel surprises Bruno?

• that he was a doctor before the war

• that he was a hospital porter before the war

• that he worked for Nazis before the war

• that he knew Bruno's father before the war

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does "Out-With" really stand for in the novel?

• Auschwitz

• Berlin

• Out with the Jews

• Germany

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

CCSS.RI.7.1

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.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does Pavel mean when he tells Bruno that he thinks he has always been at Out-With?

• He has lived there his whole life.
• He has been there so long that he forgets what his life was like before.
• He is so happy living there that he doesn't want to go back to his old life.

Why does Bruno’s mother take credit for cleaning Bruno up after his fall? What does this suggest about her?

• She is selfish.
• She doesn't want Bruno's father to know she wasn't home when Bruno fell.
• She thinks Bruno's father will be angry that Bruno fell.
• She thinks Bruno's father will be angry that Pavel took care of Bruno.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Why did the last play Bruno and Gretel performed with Grandmother end in disaster?

• Bruno and his father got into a fight.
• Bruno and grandmother got into a fight.
• Bruno's mother and grandmother got into a fight.
• Bruno's father and grandmother got into a fight.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Why was Grandmother unimpressed with her son’s new uniform?

• Grandmother thought that her son should care less about the uniform and more about what it represented.
• Grandmother thought that her son should care more about the uniform and less about what it represented.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Why does Herr Liszt dislike storybooks?

• He thinks they are too childish.
• He thinks the only books that are important are ones about the real world & real events.
• He doesn't like books that are about real events.
• He doesn't like to read.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6