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WorksheetsThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Chapters III and IV
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
How old is Gretel?
10
11
12
13
What does "Out-With" really stand for in the novel?
Auschwitz
Berlin
Out with the Jews
Germany
What does Bruno believe he can see from his bedroom window?
A farm
A concentration camp
Lots of houses
A factory
What does Gretel think about the barracks?
They must be a modern type of houses.
They must be a interesting type of houses.
She wants to live there.
They must be a fancy type of houses.
How does Gretel display her naivety?
by telling Bruno that she is more mature than he is
by saying how much she loves the new place
by thinking that what she saw the soldiers doing was like a rehearsal for a show or film
by believing that the war would be over soon
Everywhere they looked they could see people, tall, short, old, young, all moving around. Some stood perfectly still in groups, their hands by their sides, trying to keep their heads up, as a soldier marched in front of them, his mouth opening and closing quickly as if he were shouting something at them. Some were formed into a sort of chain gang and pushing wheelbarrows from one side of the camp to the other, appearing from a place out of sight and taking their wheelbarrows further along behind a hut, where they disappeared again. A few stood near the huts in quiet groups, staring at the ground as if it was the sort of game where they didn't want to be spotted. Others were on crutches and many had bandages around their heads. Some carried spades and were being led by groups of soldiers to a place where they could no longer be seen.
Which two piece of evidence show that the Jews were terrified of the soldiers?
'Everywhere they looked they could see people, tall, short, old, young, all moving around'
'Some carried spades and were being led by groups of soldiers to a place where they could no longer be seen'
'Some stood perfectly still in groups, their hands by their sides, trying to keep their heads up'
'staring at the ground as if it was the sort of game where they didn't want to be spotted'
At the end of chapter IV, Bruno mutters 'How extraordinary'. What does he mean by that?
