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The Boy is the Striped Pajamas Movie

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When they first met, what did Bruno and Shmuel discover?

a)

Neither of them liked his sister.

b)

Both of them were named after a grandfather.

c)

They had the same birthday.

d)

Football was their favorite sport.

2.
Who disagreed with Father about his profession? 
a)
Grandfather
b)
Mother
c)
Bruno
d)
Grandmother
3.

Why did Bruno change into stripped pajamas?

a)

He wanted to work on the farm

b)

Because the officer told him to

c)

Because he didn't like his clothes

d)

To help Shumel find his dad

4.

Who is Pavel?

a)

the name of tone of the Nazi lieutenants at the house

b)

the maid who helps Bruno and Gretel

c)

the boy in the concentration camp

d)

the Jew who helps out at the house

5.

What city in Germany is Bruno's family based in before his father gets promoted?

a)

Munich

b)

Berlin

c)

Hamburg

d)

Dresden

6.

What does Bruno think the concentration camp is when the family first arrives in their new house in the country?

a)

A school

b)

A bakery

c)

A hospital

d)

A farm

7.

What is the name of the boy in the striped pajamas that Bruno meets and forms a friendship with?

a)

Schmegal

b)

Rupert

c)

Shmuel

d)

Pavel

8.

A Jewish prisoner is used as a servant for the family when they move to the country. What was his job before he became a prisoner?

a)

doctor

b)

watchmaker

c)

lawyer

d)

bank manager

9.

Where is the father of Lt. Kotler living?

a)

Austria

b)

America

c)

Switzerland

d)

Poland

10.

What is the name of the German tutor that father hires to teach Bruno and his sister?

a)

Herr Hindz

b)

Herr Listz

c)

Herr Fritz

d)

Herr Krueger

11.

What happens to the Jewish servant after he spills some wine on the table while serving it during dinner?

a)

Father shoots him

b)

He is take to the gas chamber

c)

Lt. Kotler beats him

d)

He is yelled at by mother

12.

In what time period is the movie set?

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

WWI

c)

WWII

d)

German Revolution

13.

Bruno discovers a large pile of something belonging to his sister in the basement/cellar. What is it that he discovers?

a)

Dolls

b)

Nazi Propaganda

c)

History Books

d)

Posters of Hitler

14.

Who helps Bruno unpack his belongings in the new home?

a)

Maria

b)

Pavel

c)

Mother

d)

Sister

15.

What can be seen out the window from Bruno's room?

a)

the concentration camp

b)

the driveway and front courtyard

c)

the garden

d)

a high wall

16.

How does mother feel about her husband's job and what is going on by the end of the movie?

a)

She wants to be a part of it

b)

She is all in favor of it

c)

She has no idea what is going on

d)

She doesn't like it or believe in it

17.

What is Bruno's sister's name?

a)

Natalie

b)

Maria

c)

Gretel

d)

Elsa

18.

How old is Bruno?

a)

12 years old

b)

8 years old

c)

6 years old

d)

13 years old

19.

At the house when the boy in the striped pajamas was cleaning glasses, why did Bruno deny his friendship with the boy?

a)

He disliked the boy

b)

He didn't know who the boy was

c)

He feared Lt. Kotler

d)

The boy denied knowing Bruno

20.

At the end of the movie, the viewer can infer that Bruno and Shmuel

a)

escaped and ran away

b)

disappear into the darkness

c)

march to the next town

d)

are killed in a gas chamber

21.

Which one of the following best describes Bruno's perception of the concentration camp?

a)

He was oblivious and ignorant as to what was really going on

b)

He was horrified once he realized that people were being killed

c)

He was sad and worried over the concentration camp conditions

d)

He was very angry with his father for being involved with the concentration camp

22.

Bruno was bored at his new home so what did he do?

a)

Played football

b)

Built a tree fort

c)

Played army with his friends

d)

Made a tire swing

23.

How does Bruno find a way out of his back yard?

a)

Open window in the shed

b)

In the trunk of the car taking his mother shopping

c)

Trap door in the cellar

d)

Follows Pavel back to the farm

24.

How does Gretel change throughout the novel?

a)

She goes from being "girly" to a tomboy.

b)

She starts as a little girl who likes dolls and becomes a girl who hates Jews and wants to join the Hitler Youth movement

c)

She becomes nicer to Bruno.

d)

She becomes angry after she figures out what's going on in the camps.

25.

What types of books does Bruno enjoy reading the most?

a)

romance novels

b)

history books

c)

geography books

d)

Adventure books