The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

"..[Bruno's] mother had always told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way Father spoke to her" (Boyne 5). What character trait best fits the father here?

• honest
• disrespectful
• ignorant
• curious

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Bruno's eyes opened wide and his mouth made the shape of an O" (Boyne 8). Bruno makes this facial expression often thoughout the novel. What literary device is best shown here?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Sometimes he likes to stand in front of the stalls and close his eyes and breathe in their aromas, feeling his head grow dizzy with the mixed scents of sweetness and life" (Boyne 11). Which of the following scents are MAINLY described in this section?

• Smell & taste
• Touch & sound
• Smell & sound
• Smell & touch

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"[The people] were all wearing the same clothes as each other: a pair of grey striped pyjamas with a grey striped cap on their heads" (Boyne 24). Which of the following BEST describes why this is dramatic irony?

• The audience knows that they are wearing prison uniforms
• Bruno later finds a way to wear pair of striped pajamas
• Gretel finds it ridiculous that Bruno keeps calling the uniforms striped pajamas
• The audience knows that Bruno wishes he could wear pajamas all day

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CCSS.RL.8.6

"If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking" (Boyne 34). Which literary device does this passage describe?

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

After Bruno is treated for an injury by Pavel, the mother says, '"If the Commandant asks, we'll say that I cleaned Bruno up,' which seemed terribly selfish to Bruno and a way for Mother to take credit for something that she hadn't done" (Boyne 47). Why is this dramatic irony?

• Bruno wanted Pavel to get the proper credit for helping him with the injury
• The audience knows that the mother is trying to please Father to help their marriage
• The audience knows that Pavel would get in trouble if Father knew he helped
• Bruno doesn't get to hear the conversation between Mother and Father to know if this is what she really said

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Although Grandfather no longer cooked or waited on tables in the restaurant himself, he spent most of his days there, sitting at the bar in the afternoon talking to the customers, eating his meals there in the evening and staying until closing time, laughing with friends" (Boyne 48). Which of the following character traits BEST describes Grandfather in the passage?

• Stern
• Friendly
• Forgiving
• Solemn

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"I like your name too. It sounds like someone who's rubbing their arms to keep warm" (Boyne 59). Which literary device is BEST described here?

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Repetition
• Simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Some months earlier, just after Father received the new uniform which meant that everyone had to call him 'Commandant' and just before he came home to find Maria packing up his things, Father came home one evening in a state of great excitement..." (Boyne 63). Which literary device is described here?

• Flashback
• Onomatopoeia
• Repetition
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"[The bottle] fell crashing, glug-glug-glugging its contents out directly onto the young man's lap" (Boyne 79). Which literary device is BEST described here?

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Irony
• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3