The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Reading Quiz

Where do Bruno and his family move to?

• Poland

• Russia

• America

• Switzerland

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What happened to Shmuel's father?

• He died

• He was killed

• He disappeared

• He drowned

What plans do Bruno and Shmuel make?

• Bruno was going to get Shmuel out

• That Bruno would crawl under the fence

• Shmuel was going to get Bruno some pajamas

• Bruno was going to kill Shmuel

Why does Herr Liszt dislike storybooks?

• He believes that only books about contemporary matters are important, not fiction.

• He believes that fiction was created by the devil

• He was bullied as a child because he read storybooks

• He believes that storybooks are only for Jewish people

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

• Bruno's father invited Hitler and Grandmother made a scene.

• Bruno and Gretel forgot all of their lines which caused the guests to leave earlier.

• Grandmother had a fight with Bruno's mother and overturned the table.

• Grandmother had a fight with Bruno's father and stormed out of the house.

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Why was grandmother unimpressed with her son's new uniform?

• She thought that a commandant should not wear a dirty uniform.

• She was strongly against the ideas the uniform represented.

• She had made him a uniform herself, but he decided to wear his old instead.

• The uniform had the wrong colors on it.

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Why is Maria grateful to the Commandant?

• Maria feels grateful because she is a Jew.

• Maria feels grateful because she secretly is Bruno's step sister.

• Maria feels grateful because Bruno's father gave her a job and paid for hospital and funeral expenses.

• Maria feels grateful because she is in love with Bruno's father.

How does Pavel help Bruno after his accident?

• He cleans up the mess.

• He teaches him how to knit his own bandage.

• He takes the swing down.

• He bandages his wound.

What does Bruno see through his new bedroom window?

• A concentration camp

• A farm

• The city of Berlin

• A playground

Bruno asks his father about the people outside their house at Auschwitz. How does his father reply?

• "They are criminals that need to be punished."

• "They're not really people at all, Bruno."

• "They are our enemy in this war."

• "They are Jews."