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Boy in the striped pyjamas (Chapter 5-12)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is "Leistungsfähigkeit" in English?

a)

efficiency

b)

polished

c)

conductor

d)

capable

2.

What was Bruno's father's office full of?

a)

shelves

b)

chairs

c)

tables

d)

windows

3.

In Chapter 5 - what did Bruno suggest was the reason for moving to Outwith?

a)

His father had done something wrong.

b)

His father was promoted.

c)

Fury had special things in mind.

d)

His father was rude to Fury.

4.

What does Bruno decide to make so that he is not so bored?

a)

swing

b)

slide

c)

sandpit

d)

tree house

5.

What does Maria miss about the house in Berlin?

a)

the garden

b)

her own room

c)

the library

d)

the market square

6.

What was Maria's mother's job?

a)

dresser

b)

cook

c)

maid

d)

kitchen aid

7.

A synonym for awkward ...

a)

uncomfortable

b)

clever

c)

easy

d)

dexterous

8.

What did Herr Roller do one day?

a)

He invited a cat over for afternoon tea

b)

He talked to all the shadows on the wall.

c)

He sang to the birds and the flowers on the street.

d)

He shouted at everyone who walked past him.

9.

Whom did Bruno ask for a tyre?

a)

Lieutenant Kotler

b)

Mother

c)

Maria

d)

Pavel

10.

What was Pavel's profession before the war broke out?

a)

waiter

b)

banker

c)

doctor

d)

teacher

11.

What is this?

a)

cutter

b)

slicer

c)

peeler

d)

chopper

12.

Why did Bruno think his mother was selfish?

a)

Because she left the house and went to Berlin without him.

b)

Because she took credit for something that she hadn't done

c)

Because she told father a lie.

d)

Becasue she ate all the chocolate by herself.

13.

What is "Mängel" in English?

a)

flaws

b)

swings

c)

suitables

d)

wrongs

14.

What did Bruno's grandmother use to sing?

a)

La Vie en Rose

b)

Somewhere over the rainbow

c)

L'amour toujour

d)

Always look on the bright side

15.

Whom did Bruno decide to write a letter to?

a)

his grandmother

b)

his friends

c)

his old teacher

d)

his aunty

16.

What did Herr Liszt consider important to learn in this day and age?

a)

social sciences

b)

medical sciences

c)

art

d)

literature

17.

Which explorers did Herr Liszt mention?

a)

Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Ferdinand Magellan and Amerigo Vespucci

d)

James Cook and Amerigo Vespucci

18.

What did the boy in the striped pyjamas wear on his arm?

a)

an armband with a star on it

b)

a bracelet with a star on it

c)

a scarf with a sun on it

d)

a wristband with a star on it

19.

What is the boy in the striped pyjama called?

a)

Shmuel

b)

Pavel

c)

Sharon

d)

Ariel

20.

When do the boys have their birthday?

a)

April the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four

b)

March the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four

c)

May the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four

d)

August the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four

21.

Who was coming to dinner at Outwith?

a)

Fury

b)

grandmother

c)

grandfather

d)

Mr Kotler

22.

What is this in English?

a)

corkscrew

b)

corkdriver

c)

screwdriver

d)

screwcork

23.

Where does Shmuel orignially come from?

a)

Cracow

b)

Stalingrad

c)

St. Petersburg

d)

Warsaw

24.

How many people lived in one room according to Shmuel?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

4

d)

6