WorksheetsThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas Test -- Chapters 1-6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Based on the passage, what does the word muster mean?
a)
taste
b)
collect
c)
skip
d)
smell
2.
Bruno is _________
a)
a soldier.
b)
the father in the story.
c)
the boy in the story.
d)
the main character’s best friend.
3.
Why does the family have to move out of their home and away from Berlin?
a)
They have been evicted from their house.
b)
Gretel has been accepted at a very important school in another town.
c)
Father’s employer needs him to go somewhere else to perform a special job.
d)
The family is moving to a larger home in a different neighborhood.
4.
What does Bruno notice that all of the people outside of his window are wearing?
a)
jeans and sweatshirts
b)
grey striped pajamas and grey striped caps
c)
flannel pajamas and bedroom shoes
d)
orange striped pajamas and tennis shoes
5.
Who is Gretel?
a)
Bruno’s sister
b)
Bruno’s babysitter
c)
Father’s secretary
d)
Father’s mother
6.
Who are Maria and Lars?
a)
Bruno’s best friends
b)
the family maid and butler
c)
Gretel’s best friends
d)
the family cousins
7.
Throughout World War II, the citizens of Berlin abided by blackout regulations that sought to make it more difficult for enemy troops to conduct nighttime attacks. Which of the following lines from the story refers to this, providing a hint as to when this story takes place?
a)
“One day he was perfectly content, playing at home, having three best friends for life, sliding down banisters, trying to stand on his tiptoes to see right across Berlin, and now he was stuck here…
b)
He looked around the room without fully lifting his eyes up from the ground, trying to see whether there was anything of interest to be found.
c)
He walked slowly towards it, hoping that from here he might be able to see all the way back to Berlin and his house and the streets around it and the tables where the people sat and drank their frothy drinks and told each other hilarious stories.
d)
“Well, I don’t like the way we have to turn all the lights off at night now,” he admitted.
8.
Based on the chapters we have read so far, we can infer exactly what type of soldiers Bruno observes. What type are they?
a)
Confederate soldiers
b)
Indian soldiers
c)
Nazi soldiers
d)
Union soldiers
9.
Mother is happy about the move the family made.
a)
neutral – neither happy nor sad
b)
false
c)
true
10.
What would most readers infer about Bruno’s family based on the passage?
a)
The family is rude and the children are snobbish.
b)
The family is quite wealthy.
c)
The family lives in a large city.
d)
The family owns a hotel.
11.
What literary devices are employed in the passage?
a)
simile, hyperbole
b)
metaphor, imagery
c)
simile, imagery
d)
metaphor, hyperbole
12.
What can the reader infer based on the following passage?
a)
The family is poor and needs to save energy.
b)
The family is hiding from the government.
c)
The family is trying to become accustomed to what it is like to be blind.
d)
The family is in some sort of dangerous situation.
13.
Father held a hand in the air, which immediately cause the other men to fall silent. It was as if he was the conductor of a barbershop quartet.
What can the reader infer about Father from this passage?
a)
He is a barber.
b)
He is in a musical quartet and very musically talented.
c)
He is very powerful and respected.
d)
He is somewhat of an airhead and cannot follow through with simple tasks.
14.
According to the story, Maria tells Bruno that the people who lived in their new house before them called the house “Out With”. When Bruno asks her what that means, what is her response?
a)
“Out with the people who lived here before us.”
b)
“Out with the old and in with the new.”
c)
“Out of time and out of space.”
d)
“Out of luck to be living in a house like this.”
15.
According to chapter four, when Bruno and Gretel see the soldiers shouting at and laughing at the people that they can see outside of the window, what does Gretel think is happening?
a)
She thinks that the people are being tortured by the soldiers.
b)
She thinks it is some sort of rehearsal for a performance.
c)
She thinks that the people are completing a drill so the soldiers can practice a tough situation.
d)
She thinks that the people need help, and she vows to help them herself.
16.
Which of the following passages BEST shows that Bruno is beginning to think of Maria as someone with a life outside of his own family?
a)
“I always enjoyed the garden at the house in Berlin,” said Maria.
b)
“I’m not sure whether your father would agree with that,” said Maria, allowing herself a smile because she was touched by what he just said.
c)
He wanted to mention that he was feeling a bit puckish right now, but instead he looked across at Maria and realized for the first time that he had never fully considered her to be a person with a life and a history all of her own.
d)
She was rather pretty too, he noticed, feeling a little funny inside as he did so.
17.
According to the story, when Bruno asks his father who the people are outside of his window, what does his father reply?
a)
He tells Bruno that they are only visitors from a foreign land.
b)
He tells Bruno that they are not people at all.
c)
He tells Bruno that they are only rehearsing for a presentation.
d)
He tells Bruno to go to his room and never ask that question again.
18.
What can we infer about Father from this passage?
a)
He is a barber.
b)
He is in a musical quartet and very musically gifted.
c)
He is very powerful and respected.
d)
He is somewhat of an airhead and cannot follow through with simple tasks.
19.
What type of figurative language is used in this passage?
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
simile
20.
What is being compared with this figurative language?
a)
the soldiers to toy soldiers
b)
the soldiers’ arms to palm trees
c)
the soldiers to Bruno
d)
Nothing is being compared
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