Boy in the Striped Pajamas Review

How does Bruno's father know he has died?

Literary elements: The main problem or issue facing the characters in a story

What is Lt. Kotler's nickname for Bruno?

What year was the novel written?

Vocabulary: A downpour or stream of water

Where did Shmuel and his family go after being forced to leave their home?

Literary elements: When two characters oppose or contrast one another

Literary elements: When a situation ends differently than expected it is called...

What does Bruno's father say about the people in the camp?

When does Bruno first see Shmuel?

What job did Pavel have before becoming a prisoner at Auschwitz?

Vocabulary: To climb with effort or difficulty

What does Bruno decide to do after he sees Lt. Kotler hurt Pavel?

Vocabulary: The feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope. Desperately lonely.

Vocabulary: A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.

Vocabulary: Someone who is unable to be comforted

Vocabulary: To disparage or depreciate someone - a cruel name usually based on race 

What do we learn about Lt. Kotler's father during dinner?

Vocabulary: To draw back in pain

Which family member does not approve of Father's job?

What happened to Lt. Kotler?

Why does Shmuel want Bruno to come over to the other side of the fence?

What is the novel's climax?

Why does the family leave Berlin?

Vocabulary: Gathering up inner strength (like courage)

What do Bruno and Shmuel have in common?

When is the very first time in the story that Bruno breaks a major rule? 

What can we tell about Bruno's family based on the description of their house in chapter 1?

What almost causes a delay in Bruno's plans to sneak into the camp?

What can we infer happened to Shmuel's father?

What lie did Bruno tell his sister about his new friend?

What was Grandmother's career when she was younger?

Vocabulary: Fully and clearly explained

Vocabulary: To be overcome with horror

Why are the soldiers nervous around Bruno's father?