The Boy in the Striped Pajamas- Chapters 17 + 18

Why does Bruno think his mom doesn’t like Out-With?

• She doesn't have a friend now that Kotler is gone

• She doesn't like living right next to a concentration camp

• She doesn't like being away from Grandma and Grandpa

• She doesn't like not being able to go into shops

What does Bruno like about being at Out-With?

• Talking to Shmuel

• Talking to Gretel

• Talking to Maria

• Talking to Herr Liszt

What was mother doing that made Bruno worry about her health?

• Drinking too many medicinal sherries

• Never sleeping

• Smoking all of the time

• She never went outside

What did Gretel do in her room?

• She put maps and pins all over her room

• She positioned her dolls all over her room

• She put up pictures of Kotler all over her room

• She put up pictures of Hitler Youth all over her room

What conversation did Bruno, Gretel, and their dad have in his office?

• They discussed moving back to Berlin

• They discussed moving back to Out-With

• They discussed moving back to Poland

• They discussed moving back to America

What was Father’s plan for moving?

• He would stay at Out-With and the rest of the family would move to Berlin

• He would stay at Berlin and the rest of the family would move to Out-With

• He would stay in Poland and the rest of the family would move to America

• He would stay in America and the rest of the family would move to Poland

How did his father react when Bruno said there were hundreds of kids on the other side of the fence?

• He asked, "What do you know of what goes on over there?"

• He asked, "Have you been playing with someone over there?"

• He asked, "And why have you been studying them over there?"

• He asked, "Why do you know so much about what is over there?"

What was the final decision at the end of the chapter?

• Mother, Bruno, and Gretel would return to Berlin within a week

• Mother, Bruno, and Gretel would return to Berlin within a month

• Father, Bruno, and Gretel would return to Berlin within a week

• Father, Bruno, and Gretel would return to Berlin within a month

Why didn’t Shmuel show up to the fence for a couple of days?

• He can't find his papa

• He can't find his grandpa

• He can't find his mom

• He can't find his brother

What can we assume happened to Shmuel’s papa?

• He has been killed

• He has been transferred to another camp

• He is out of town on business

• He got lost while on a walk