The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Who is the "Hopeless Case" that Bruno talks about?

• Fury

• Father

• Gretel

• Maria

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Bruno's family move from Berlin to "Out With"?

• His mother's job requires them to move.

• Bruno's dad had to move for work.

• Bruno's parents want him to attend a different school.

• The war was coming and they needed to find a safe place to live.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Bruno see outside the window in his bedroom?

• He sees a school full of children playing at recess

• He sees wild animals roaming the yard

• He sees soldiers practicing their drills

• He sees what we can infer is a concentration camp

What is Out-With?

• The way Bruno says Auschwitz

• The name of the dog

• The name for the people who live there

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

I like your name too. It sounds like someone who's rubbing their arms to keep warm (Boyne 59). Which literary device is BEST described here?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Repetition

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

[The bottle] fell crashing, glug-glug-glugging its contents out directly onto the young man's lap (Boyne 79). Which literary device is BEST described here?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

He watched during history and geography lessons in the afternoon, when [the wind] reached its strongest force yet and threatened to knock the window in (Boyne 105). Which literary device is BEST shown in this passage?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Flashback

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Bruno betrays Shmuel when he...

• ...lies to Kotler to save himself.

• ...lies to Kotler to save Shmuel.

• ...doesn’t offer him any chicken but eats it all himself.

• ...cheats in the game they are playing so Shmuel loses.

Who runs to rescue Bruno when he gets hurt on the tire swing?

• Maria

• Lieutenant Kotler

• Pavel

• Shmuel

Bruno tried to tell Shmuel that the train carriages had doors where? 

• on the sides

• in the front

• in the back

• at the ends