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The Boy in the Striped PajamasName___________________________Grade 9Period_______ Date_______________Chapters 1-5Directions: You may use your book to complete the following questions. Use detail from your reading in your responses. Please use complete sentences as well.Chapters 1-3How would you describe Bruno’s life in Berlin?What can you infer about Bruno’s father from the information in Chapter One?Why do you think Bruno has difficulty understanding what his father does at work?Bruno’s mother says, “We don’t have the luxury of thinking” (13) and “Some people make all the decisions for us” (14). What does Mother mean by this? Is life easier when someone else makes everyone’s decisions?What can you infer from Maria’s comments that the soldiers “have very serious jobs...or so they think anyway” (19)? Chapter 1: Bruno Makes a Discovery and Chapter 2: The New House60960878205John Boyne’s fable begins with what most families would consider a major life event: moving. This can be a stressful experience for people of all ages but is sometimes a necessary part of life. With your group, find text in the story that you feel supports the emotion that you have been assigned. Then, copy the quote onto your paper and prepare to speak about it with the class.Emotion for my group: ______________________________Quote 1:Quote 2:Quote 3:“One day he was perfectly content, playing at home, having three best friends for life, sliding down banisters, trying to stand on his tiptoes to see right across Berlin, and now he was stuck here in this cold, nasty house with three whispering maids and a waiter who was both unhappy and angry, where no one looked as if they could ever be cheerful again.” What emotion do you think best fits this quote? Do NOT use one from the list above. You may talk about it with your group, but everyone in your group needs to come up with a different answer. Justify your answer with at least two sentences.Chapters 4 & 5Re-read the paragraph on pg. 41 where Bruno describes the two trains. What can you infer from the descriptions of the two trains?When Bruno asks about the people in the striped pajamas, Father responds, “Those people…well, they’re not people at all…at least not as we understand the term…They’re nothing to do with you. You have nothing whatsoever in common with them” (53). What is your reaction to what Father says? Re-read the last three lines of Chapter 5. First, explain what Bruno does. Now think about what his actions and thoughts tell you about his character. ................
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