The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Quiz

Answer: Ralf

Ralf is a very staunch Nazi supporter. Near the beginning of the movie, he gets a promotion and the family moves to the country where Ralf takes charge of a concentration camp. Ralf's mother does not agree with the staunch Nazi regime.

Answer: Doctor

Pavel was a doctor before he was captured by the Nazis. This is revealed when Bruno falls off the swing and injures his leg. Pavel bandages Bruno's leg for him.

Answer: Shmuel

Bruno first encounters Shmuel when he goes exploring. Shmuel is sitting alone by the barbed wire fence that surrounds the concentration camp. Shmuel is taken to the family house later in the movie to help clean the glasses because he has small hands.

Answer: A farm

Bruno first sees the concentration camp from his bedroom window. He thinks it is a farm and that it has barbed wire around it to keep animals in. His mother prefers to let him think this but later in the movie Bruno's sister tells him the truth.

Answer: Berlin

The family was based in the German capital city of Berlin. The family move to the countryside but the movie does not state a name for the area. Bruno and Gretel are not happy about having to move because they will have to leave their friends behind. The house in Berlin is a lovely large mansion.

Answer: Switzerland

Lieutenant Kotler tells Bruno's father Ralf during dinner that his father left Germany and went to Switzerland. Kotler is then sent away to the front lines because of his father's opposition to stay and fight for Germany.

Answer: Herr Liszt

Herr Liszt is hired by Ralf to teach the children history. He in fact delivers anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda. Gretel takes the lessons to heart and becomes a rigid Nazi supporter.

Answer: Kotler beats him up.

Kotler gets up from the table and pushes Pavel out the door where he beats and kicks him. Pavel is not seen in the movie again. Bruno is very upset about this attack because his father Ralf just sat there and let the beating happen.

Answer: Dolls

Bruno discovers all of Gretel's dolls in a pile in the basement. Gretel tells Bruno that dolls are for children and she has new interests now. Gretel has transformed her bedroom with posters of Adolf Hitler and Nazi propaganda.

Answer: He dies in the gas chamber.

Bruno does not want to leave his new friend and move away with his mother. He runs to the concentration camp and digs under the fence to get in. Shmuel brings him some striped pyjamas to wear. Bruno wanted to help Shmuel find his missing father. Bruno and Shmuel are taken to the gas chamber with a group of Jews and they die.