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Boy in the Striped Pajamas-Entire Text

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Bruno's reaction to armbands that Schmuel was forced to wear?

a)

Bruno thinks they look unfashionable

b)

Bruno would like to wear an armband

c)

Bruno wants Shmuel to wear his

2.

Why doesn't Bruno believe everything Shmuel tells him?

a)

Bruno has never heard experiences like this before.

b)

Bruno has never experienced the conditions described by Shmuel

c)

All of the above

3.

Why doesn't Bruno tell anyone about Shmuel?

a)

He is ashamed of his friendship with Shmuel

b)

He thinks he may not be allowed to be friends with Shmuel

c)

He believes Lt. Kotler can hurt Shmuel

4.

Why does Bruno become happier at Out-With?

a)

He is allowed to explore his new home

b)

He has Shmuel to talk to

c)

He is getting along with Gretel

5.

How do Bruno and Shmuel feel about soldiers?

a)

Bruno and Shmuel both think soldiers are bad

b)

Bruno believes the only good soldier is his father

c)

Bruno thinks there are good soldiers/Shmuel thinks there are no good soldiers

6.

What changes does Bruno notice in Pavel?

a)

Smaller and Paler

b)

Hands shake

c)

all of the above

7.

What does father plan to discuss in depth with Lt. Kotler?

a)

His new role as assistant to the commandant

b)

His move to Out-With

c)

Why his father left Germany in 1938

8.

What does Bruno ask Shmuel every day?

a)

If he is hungry

b)

If he can crawl under the fence and play

c)

If he can come over to dinner

9.

Whom does Shmuel say is missing from Out-With?

a)

His grandmother and mother

b)

Boys he played with and his grandfather

c)

His brother and father

10.

How is Shmuel changing?

a)

Thinner and becoming more grey

b)

Thinner and becoming more angry

c)

Thinner and appears more sad

11.

What list does Bruno make?

a)

Reasons he dislikes Lt. Kotler

b)

A grocery list for Maria

c)

A Christmas list

12.

What will Bruno's family celebrate?

a)

Christmas

b)

Father's Birthday

c)

Gretel's Birthday

13.

Why is Bruno ashamed of himself?

a)

Not telling mother and father about Shmuel

b)

Not telling Lt. Kotler that Shmuel was his friend

c)

Telling Gretel he had an imaginary friend

14.

How does Shmuel accept Bruno's apology?

a)

Smiles at him

b)

hugs him

c)

lifts the fence and shakes his hand

15.

Mother seems to laugh more at Lt. Kotler's jokes than fathers.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Why does Bruno get a haircut?

a)

to blend in better at the concentration camp

b)

he has lice

c)

the weather was getting warmer

d)

Father forced him to

17.

Who came to dinner at Bruno's house?

a)

Shmuel

b)

Karl, Martin, and Daniel

c)

grandmother and grandfather

d)

Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun

18.

Bruno's mother didn't want Bruno and Gretel to _______________________________________.

a)

go to school in Poland.

b)

make friends with children in Poland.

c)

grow up near Auschwitz (Out-With).

d)

stay in their bedrooms during dinner.

19.

What does the reader MOST LIKELY understand about the relationship between Bruno and Shmuel that Bruno does not understand?

a)

That Shmuel is a harder worker and is unwilling to play with Bruno

b)

That Bruno’s words to Shmuel are thoughtless and inconsiderate

c)

That Shmuel has visited Bruno’s home many times before

d)

That Bruno has had more schooling than Shmuel has had

20.
Where does the story begin?
a)
Paris, France
b)
Munich, Germany
c)
Berlin, Germany
d)
New York City, United States
21.
What is the name of the place Bruno moves to? 
a)
Out-with
b)
Up-with
c)
In-with
d)
On-with
22.
What does Bruno see through his new bedroom window? 
a)
The city of Berlin
b)
A farm
c)
A playground
d)
A concentration camp
23.
What is Bruno's father's job?
a)
Greengrocer
b)
Chef
c)
Teacher
d)
Military Officer
24.
Bruno asks his father about the people outside their house at Auschwitz. How does his father reply? 
a)
"They are criminals that need to be punished."
b)
"They are Jews."
c)
"They are our enemy in this war."
d)
"They're not really people at all, Bruno." 
25.
After meeting with his father to complain about the new house, Bruno salutes his father and say's "Hail Hitler."
This demonstrates that Bruno is ____. 
a)

Cruel, because he is honoring Adolf Hitler

b)

Obnoxious, because he is mocking his father. 

c)

Innocent, because he thinks it means "goodbye for now."

d)

Funny, because he is making a joke to his father. 

26.
Why does Maria (the Overpaid Maid) defend Bruno's father during her discussion with Bruno?
a)
She just wants to argue with Bruno. 
b)
Bruno's father helped Maria's mother when she got sick and gave Maria a job. 
c)
Maria is in love with Bruno's father. 
d)
Bruno's father saved her life during the first World War. 
27.
Bruno refers to Gretel as ______. 
a)
A hopeless case
b)
A helpless case
c)
A dreadful case
d)
A bully
28.
How does Maria react when Bruno calls his father stupid?
a)
Maria adds the words "very stupid."
b)
Maria slaps Bruno's face.
c)
Maria insists that his father is a good man.
d)
Maria has Bruno arrested.
29.
What causes both Bruno and Gretel to feel uncomfortable with Lieutenant Kotler?
a)
He swears a lot.
b)
He never wears the proper Nazi uniform.
c)
He mistreats Pavel.
d)
He flirts with Gretel.
30.
How does Pavel help Bruno after his accident?
a)
He teaches him how to knit his own bandage.
b)
He bandages his wound.
c)
He cleans up the mess.
d)
He takes the swing down.
31.
Why is Bruno surprised to find out that Pavel is a doctor?
a)
He is surprised that a doctor would be waiting on tables.
b)
Bruno is surprised that a doctor would be Jewish.
c)
Bruno is surprised that a doctor would talk to a child.
d)
Bruno is surprised that a doctor would ba named Pavel.
32.
Why did the last play Bruno and Gretel performed with Grandmother end in disaster?
a)
Grandmother had a fight with Bruno’s father
and stormed out of the house.
b)
Grandmother had a fight with Bruno's mother and overturned the table.
c)
Bruno and Gretel forgot all of their lines which caused the guests to leave earlier.
d)
Bruno's father invited Hitler and Grandmother made a scene.
33.
Why was Grandmother unimpressed with her son’s new uniform?
a)
She thought that a commandant should not wear a dirty uniform.
b)
She was strongly against the ideas the uniform represented. 
c)
She had made him a uniform herself, but he decided to wear his old instead.
d)
The uniform had the wrong colours.
34.
Why does Herr Liszt dislike storybooks?
a)

He believes that only books about current matters are important, not fiction.

b)
He was bullied as a child because he read storybooks.
c)
He believes that fiction was created by the devil.
d)
He believes that storybooks are only for Jewish people.
35.
Why does Bruno decide to explore to find out more about the people in the striped
pajamas?
a)

Bruno decides to explore because he wonders what the difference is between him and the people at the train station.

b)
Bruno decides to explore because he has never seen such weird pajamas.
c)
Bruno decides to explore because he wonders what the difference is between the people in the
striped pajamas and the people wearing the uniforms.
d)

Bruno decides to explore because he has a very serious nature.

36.
When Bruno states that he and Shmuel are like twins, why does Shmuel reply, “A
little bit”?
a)

While Bruno can only see how he and Shmuel are alike, Shmuel can see the big difference such as their living situation.

b)
While Bruno
can only see how he and Shmuel are alike, Shmuel can't help but cry.
c)
It sounds very rude to Shmuel at first, but then he explains why.
d)
He says "a little bit" because Shmuel only has one arm.
37.

You as the reader know that Hitler often came to dinner at Bruno's house. What name does he refer to Hitler in the book?

a)

Fuhrer

b)

Fighter

c)

Fury

d)

Father

38.

What type of text is "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?"

a)

biography

b)

memoir

c)

historical fiction

d)

science fiction