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WorksheetsThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"..[Bruno's] mother had always told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way Father spoke to her" (Boyne 5). What character trait best fits the father here?
a)
honest
b)
disrespectful
c)
ignorant
d)
curious
2.
"Bruno's eyes opened wide and his mouth made the shape of an O" (Boyne 8). Bruno makes this facial expression often thoughout the novel. What literary device is best shown here?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Simile
d)
Repetition
3.
"Sometimes he likes to stand in front of the stalls and close his eyes and breathe in their aromas, feeling his head grow dizzy with the mixed scents of sweetness and life" (Boyne 11). Which of the following scents are MAINLY described in this section?
a)
Smell & taste
b)
Touch & sound
c)
Smell & sound
d)
Smell & touch
4.
"[The people] were all wearing the same clothes as each other: a pair of grey striped pyjamas with a grey striped cap on their heads" (Boyne 24). Which of the following BEST describes why this is dramatic irony?
a)
The audience knows that they are wearing prison uniforms
b)
Bruno later finds a way to wear pair of striped pajamas
c)
Gretel finds it ridiculous that Bruno keeps calling the uniforms striped pajamas
d)
The audience knows that Bruno wishes he could wear pajamas all day
5.
"If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking" (Boyne 34). Which literary device does this passage describe?
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
6.
After Bruno is treated for an injury by Pavel, the mother says, '"If the Commandant asks, we'll say that I cleaned Bruno up,' which seemed terribly selfish to Bruno and a way for Mother to take credit for something that she hadn't done" (Boyne 47). Why is this dramatic irony?
a)
Bruno wanted Pavel to get the proper credit for helping him with the injury
b)
The audience knows that the mother is trying to please Father to help their marriage
c)
The audience knows that Pavel would get in trouble if Father knew he helped
d)
Bruno doesn't get to hear the conversation between Mother and Father to know if this is what she really said
7.
"Although Grandfather no longer cooked or waited on tables in the restaurant himself, he spent most of his days there, sitting at the bar in the afternoon talking to the customers, eating his meals there in the evening and staying until closing time, laughing with friends" (Boyne 48). Which of the following character traits BEST describes Grandfather in the passage?
a)
Stern
b)
Friendly
c)
Forgiving
d)
Solemn
8.
"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?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Repetition
d)
Simile
9.
"Some months earlier, just after Father received the new uniform which meant that everyone had to call him 'Commandant' and just before he came home to find Maria packing up his things, Father came home one evening in a state of great excitement..." (Boyne 63). Which literary device is described here?
a)
Flashback
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Repetition
d)
Metaphor
10.
"[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?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Irony
d)
Onomatopoeia
11.
"I'm thirteen years old...I can't afford to act like a child even if you can.' And with that [Gretel] flounced out of the room, and Bruno could hear her talking to her dolls in the room across the hall and scolding them for getting themselves into such a mess..." (Boyne 84). Which of the following character traits BEST describes Gretel in this passage?
a)
Creative
b)
Hypocritical
c)
Unaware
d)
Ignorant
12.
"Bruno nodded and turned round and left the kitchen without looking back. His stomach churned inside him and he thought for a moment that he was going to be sick" (Boyne 91). What senses are BEST described in this passage?
a)
Feeling & sight
b)
Feeling & sound
c)
Sight & sound
d)
Sight & taste
13.
"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?
a)
Simile
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Flashback
d)
Personification
14.
"[Bruno] took off his shirt and shivered for a moment in the cold air before putting on the pyjama top. As it slipped over his head he made the mistake of breathing through his nose; it did not smell very nice" (Boyne 106). Which senses are MOST described in this passage?
a)
Feel & taste
b)
Feel & smell
c)
Feel & sound
d)
Sound & smell
15.
"As he ate his breakfast that morning, the rain continued. Through all the morning classes with Herr Liszt, the rain continued. While he ate his lunch, the rain continued. And while they finished another session for history and geography in the afternoon, the rain continued" (Boyne 81). What literary device is best shown in the excerpt?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Repetition
16.
The author, John Boyne, spells some words incorrectly in this book - Auschwitz is called Out-With and the Fuhrer is called the Fury. Why does the author do this? What does it tell us about our main character?
a)
This is a trick question; Out-With and the Fury are spelled correctly.
b)
Bruno has never been very good at spelling and doesn’t know how to spell these words.
c)
This shows the reader that Gretel is playing a trick on Bruno by telling him the wrong names for things.
d)
Because Bruno is very young, he doesn’t fully understand everything that’s going on in the world around him.
17.
Who runs to rescue Bruno when he gets hurt on the tire swing?
a)
Maria
b)
Lieutenant Kotler
c)
Pavel
d)
Shmuel
18.
How do Grandmother and Grandfather feel about Father’s job promotion?
a)
They are both very angry and disappointed in him.
b)
Grandmother thinks it is shameful and Grandfather thinks it is a great honor.
c)
Grandmother thinks it is a great honor and Grandfather thinks it is shameful.
d)
They are both very proud of him.
19.
Bruno betrays Shmuel when he...
a)
...lies to Kotler to save himself.
b)
...lies to Kotler to save Shmuel.
c)
...doesn’t offer him any chicken but eats it all himself.
d)
...cheats in the game they are playing so Shmuel loses.
20.
Of the people listed below, who was actually happy to move to the new place?
a)
Bruno
b)
Maria
c)
Mother
d)
Father
21.
Vocab definition: unwilling or unable to believe something
a)
Coincide
b)
Insolent
c)
Muster
d)
Incredulous
22.
Vocab definition: necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility
a)
Incumbent
b)
Escapade
c)
Desolate
d)
Forlorn
23.
Vocab definition: magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.
a)
Splendor
b)
Escapade
c)
Appall
d)
Incredulous
24.
Vocab definition: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
a)
Forlorn
b)
Appall
c)
Insolent
d)
Incredulous
25.
Vocab definition: bleakly and depressingly empty or bare
a)
Muster
b)
Splendor
c)
Desolate
d)
Incumbent
26.
Vocab definition: greatly shock or horrify
a)
Appall
b)
Forlorn
c)
Insolent
d)
Incredulous
27.
Vocab definition: an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
a)
Appall
b)
Incumbent
c)
Escapade
d)
Muster
28.
Vocab definition: collect or assemble
a)
Incumbent
b)
Coincide
c)
Insolent
d)
Muster
29.
Vocab definition: occur at or during the same time
a)
Muster
b)
Desolate
c)
Forlorn
d)
Coincide
30.
Vocab definition: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
a)
Muster
b)
Forlorn
c)
Desolate
d)
Insolent
31.
Bruno tried to tell Shmuel that the train carriages had doors where?
a)
on the sides
b)
in the front
c)
in the back
d)
at the ends
32.
Bruno told Gretel that he had an imaginary what?
a)
pet
b)
friend
c)
playmate
d)
brother
33.
Bruno liked it when Grandmother would do what at parties?
a)
dance
b)
perform a play
c)
introduced him to guests
d)
sing
34.
Bruno learned that Shmuel had the job of polishing what?
a)
watches
b)
silver
c)
glasses
d)
china
35.
After Pavel treated Bruno’s wound, what did mother say she would do?
a)
pay him
b)
take Bruno to the doctor
c)
say she had done it
d)
call the nurse
36.
What did Bruno want to be when he grew up?
a)
explorer
b)
soldier
c)
doctor
d)
actor
37.
Bruno thought that the Fury had been rude to sit where?
a)
in mother's seat
b)
on the expensive sofa
c)
in the antique chair
d)
in father's seat
38.
What did Bruno call Gretel?
a)
Lost Cause
b)
Metal Mouth Gretel
c)
Hopeless Case
d)
Glenda the Good Witch
39.
Bruno was surprised to learn that he shared what with Shmuel?
a)
middle name
b)
hometown
c)
best friend
d)
birthday
40.
When Bruno put on the striped pajamas what did he go without?
a)
hat
b)
undershirt and underpants
c)
pajama top
d)
socks or shoes
41.
Maria walked in on Bruno while he was putting what in his pockets?
a)
Gretel's diary
b)
food
c)
the striped pajamas
d)
extra clothes
42.
Gretel cried after she was treated for what?
a)
a cold
b)
the flu
c)
lice
d)
poison ivy
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