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Worksheetschapter 15-20 the boy in the striped pajamas
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is NOT a reaction by Bruno's family to Bruno's disappearance
Gretel cries in her room.
Mother waited several months, but she returns to Berlin expecting Bruno to come home.
Mother wails at the fence.
Father figures out what happened and is later killed by the Nazis.
What does Shmuel think when he sees Bruno in the striped pajamas?
He thinks he looks silly.
He thinks Bruno looks like a "fat Jew".
He thinks Bruno will never pass as a Jew.
He thinks Bruno looks like a clown.
What does Shmuel think when he sees Bruno in the striped pajamas?
He thinks he looks silly.
He thinks Bruno looks like a "fat Jew".
He thinks Bruno will never pass as a Jew.
He thinks Bruno looks like a clown.
By the end of the book, how long have Bruno and Shmuel been meeting?
3 months
just under a year
more than a year
6 months
In chapter 18, why is Shmuel more unhappy than usual?
He is sick.
His papa has disappeared.
His brother is missing.
He knows he is going to be killed soon.
What is the result of Bruno's head shaving?
Bruno looks like a soldier.
Bruno looks like a "fat" Jew.
Bruno looks exactly like Shmuel.
Bruno looks like a "skinny" German.
Why does Bruno's father have to shave Bruno's head?
He is joining the Hitler Youth.
He is punishing Bruno.
He has lice.
He is keeping Bruno's mother happy.
How does Shmuel show he accepts Bruno's apology?
He doesn't accept it.
He gives Bruno a small gift.
He shakes his hand.
He smiles at him.
In chapter 15, what does Bruno do that makes him ashamed of himself?
He lies to Mother about Shmuel.
He lies to Lt. Kotler about Shmuel.
He lies to Shmuel about his friends in Berlin.
He lies to his father about Shmuel.
What happens to Bruno in the air tight room?
When it stops raining he goes to Shmuel's hut
Bruno is in a gas chamber and dies with Shmuel
Bruno shouts for help and is let out by the soldiers
Bruno falls asleep and wakes up back in his bed.
Why does no one rescue Bruno? ( 2 answers)
He is dressed as a prisoner so no one realises who he is.
Bruno is happy playing his game of dressing up.
The soldier's ignore Bruno's pleas for help
No one knows where he is.
What does Bruno's father do once Bruno has gone missing?
He carries on doing his job and forgets about Bruno
He gets promoted.
He continues to search for Bruno and eventually works out what must have happened.
He divorces his wife.
“But mother didn’t have a Shmuel of her own.”
What is the significance of this thought from Bruno?
she was lonely and needed a friend to talk to
she really liked Jewish kids
she preferred Shmuel to Bruno
she hates her husband's jokes
How does Bruno’s mother react to her husband’s claim that living there is their duty?
she thinks that Germans are rubbish, especially Nazis
she said nothing because she was scared
she accepted it fully as an officer's wife
she says that this was his assignment, not theirs. He could stay if he wanted to.
Why did the family go back to Berlin in this chapter?
To sell their old house.
For Father's work.
To attend Grandmother's funeral.
To deliver a wreath from the Fury.
What can we infer is the reason that Lt. Kotler was sent away from Out-With?
He was too mean to the Jews.
His father didn't agree with the Nazis.
He was having a relationship with Bruno's mother.
He was having a relationship with Gretel.
Name at least one difference between the novel and the movie.
