1. Chapter 4 Questions
1. What did Bruno and Gretel see outside the window? 2. describe what they saw on the other side of the fence. 3. Why was Bruno “quietly pleased”? 4. What was Gretel’s initial explanation for the conditions on the other side of the fence? 5. What did all the people behind the fence have in common?

2. Chapter 5 Questions
1. Why do you think there were so few people on Bruno’s train, and so many on the other train? 2. What was Father’s response when Bruno asked who the people he could see from his window were?

3. Chapter 6 Questions
1. What was Maria’s response when Bruno said “stupid Father”? Why? 2. What idea was even more unpleasant to Bruno than staying at “out-with”?

4. Chapter 7 Questions
1. Why did Herr Roller behave as he did?
2. What was Bruno afraid was going to happen to him if he didn’t get away from “out-with” very soon?
3. What did Lt. Kotler do that made Bruno want to “throw him to the ground and jump up and down on his head.”?
4. According to father, what “did not grow on trees”?
5. What happened to Bruno while he was swinging?
6. Why was Pavel so good at taking care of Bruno’s injury?
7. What does Pavel mean when he says, “just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know.”
8. Why do you think Mother “took credit for something she hadn’t done”?

5. Chapter 8 Questions Who did Bruno miss “most of all” from home?
What song did Grandmother love to sing?
Was she a good singer?
What would Grandmother do every Christmas and Birthday?
Did Grandmother approve of Father’s new position as “Commandant”? What about Grandfather?
Who does Grandmother blame for what has happened to her son?
What do you think Grandmother is so upset about?

6. Chapter 10 Questions
What did Bruno find while exploring? Describe what he found.
What was the little boy’s name? What did Bruno say is sounded like?
What do the boy and Bruno have in common?
Why does the boy come out to the fence?
Where was the boy from?
Where did Bruno think Poland was located? What country were they actually in?
Did Bruno think the boy was “worth finding”?

7. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 11
Who was coming to diner?
According to Gretel, who was “The Fury”?
Why were Bruno and Gretel summoned to Father’s office?
What were the “Ground Rules”?
Describe “The Fury”.
Where did The Fury sit at the table?
Describe Mother and Father’s conversation after dinner. Do they sound happy?
Chapter 11 is an example of what literary devise? Keep in mind Bruno is remembering what happened that evening.

8. Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 12
What did the soldiers take from Schmuel?
How many people lived in one room with Schmuel?
Who kept hitting Schmuel?
Why didn’t Bruno say anything to Schmuel about how small and skinny he was?
Why didn’t Bruno tell anyone about his new friend?

9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 13
As week followed week, what did Bruno come to realize?
What did Shmuel want to do when he grew up? Bruno?
Why did Shmuel get even more pale and cold?
Where was LT. Kotler’s Father? Why do you think he left Germany?
What happened to Pavel at the end of the chapter?

10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 14
What was wrong with Shmuel when they met at the beginning of the chapter?
What did Bruno ask Shmuel everyday?
Why was the rain bad news?
What mistake did Bruno make that made him furious with himself?
How did Bruno get out of this dilemma?
Why did Bruno suddenly feel like he needed to apologize to Shmuel the next day?
What is so ironic about what Gretel does when she returns to her room, after making fun of Bruno’s imaginary friend?

11. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 15
Why was Bruno really starting to worry about Shmuel?
What list did Bruno decide to make? What things made it on the list?
What surprise was waiting for Bruno in the kitchen?
What was it that Bruno did that was so “cowardly”? Why do you think Bruno did it?
What happened for the first time in chapter 15?

12. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Chapter 16
Why did Bruno get to go back to Berlin?
Why was Father “particularly sad”?
How had Bruno’s attitude changed about “Out-with”? What did he consider the best thing about Out-with?
What was different about Gretel’s room?
When Bruno asked Gretel what they were, what was Gretel’s response?
Why did Bruno have to have his head shaved? Who did he think he resembled?