Q 01/05

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what does Bruno call Auschwitz after mishearing the camp's real name?

A) Ash-Witch

B) Out-With

C) Odd-Ditch

D) Our-Switch

Answer · why

B) Out-With

Out-With is what Bruno's sister tells him their new home is called. The slip shows how little either child understands about the place where their fat...

Q 02/05

Roughly how long did the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas spend on its first draft, barely sleeping?

A) Around three days

B) Around two weeks

C) Around two months

D) Around a year

Answer · why

A) Around three days

Around three days was all it took: the idea came on a Tuesday and he wrote almost without stopping until Friday noon. Ten more drafts followed before ...

Q 03/05

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what do Bruno and Shmuel discover they share when they first talk at the fence?

A) The same surname

B) The same hometown

C) The same birthday

D) The same nickname

Answer · why

C) The same birthday

The same birthday, 15 April 1934, makes the two boys feel like twins. The composer of a later opera version said children grasp at once that the pair ...

Q 04/05

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what does Bruno call Adolf Hitler after mishearing the title Führer?

A) The Fewer

B) The Furrow

C) The Furnace

D) The Fury

Answer · why

D) The Fury

The Fury is how the title sounds to Bruno, and it suits the guest who arrives for dinner and strikes him as very rude. The visit brings a new job for ...

Q 05/05

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what was the waiter Pavel's profession before he was imprisoned at Auschwitz?

A) A doctor

B) A lawyer

C) A watchmaker

D) A professor

Answer · why

A) A doctor

A doctor is what Pavel says he once was, after he cleans and dresses Bruno's cut knee. Bruno cannot see why a medical man would now be waiting at tabl...