BMS - Miller The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - comprehensive exam

What is the theme of TBITSP?

• Innocence, friendship, and human nature

• The hardships of war

• Racism

• Bruno hates where he lives

“But don’t you ever wake up in the morning and feel like wearing something else in your wardrobe” - Bruno

What can you infer about Bruno's awareness about life on the other side of the fence?

• Everyone on the other side is wearing pajamas

• Shmuel wanted to dress like the others

• Bruno is very innocent and unaware of what is happening; he is naive.

• Bruno thinks wearing dirty pajamas would be fun

Read the following excerpts from the book:

"I wonder if you are being brave..., rather than merely disrespectful. ....And your youth and inexperience force you to phrase things in and insolent manner".

Which words help you to understand the meaning of insolent?

• Brave and disrespectful

• Wonder and youth

• Inexperience and phrase

• Disrespectful and manner

"Bruno closed his eyes for a moment. There hadn't been many times in his life when he had been quite so insistent on having his own way and he had certainly never gone to Father...."

Which conflict is Bruno facing?

• Character vs. Technology

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Character

Why does Bruno get upset when Lt. Kotler calls him "little man?"

• Bruno gets upset because Gretel laughs at his jokes

• Bruno is upset because it reminds him of his sister's friends in Berlin

• Bruno feels like he is in charge when Father is away, and the Lt. Kotler is intruding on his family.

• Bruno gets upset because Lt. Kotler is much shorter than Father

In a summary of this story it would be important to include the fact that:

• Germany lost the war

• The Holocaust was an awful event

• Gretel was a Hopeless Case

• The bonds of friendship can be very strong

Father's office was out of bounds. AT ALL TIMES. No exceptions.

This is an example of which Notice and Note strategy

• Repetition

• Over & over

• Again & Again

• Alliteration

What does Grandmother mean when she says, "...dressing up like a puppet on a string." (Referring to Bruno's Father in uniform)

• Father is dressed up like a performer in a show.

• Father looks silly and reminds her of a toy.

• Father is not in charge of his own actions and he is being controlled by someone else.

• Father needs to put his toys away.

"And that's the end of the story about

Bruno and his family. Of course all this happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again".

Which point of view is the story being told from?

• 3rd person

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• Maria

What was the cause/effect of Bruno's move to Out-with?

Choose the best two answers

• Father got a new job

• They didn't like Berlin

• Bruno was unhappy

• Gretel made lots of friends