Which character is revealed to figure out what happened to Bruno?

• A. The mother
• B. His father
• C. Shmuel
• D. The guard

Answer: (B)

In this story, the truth about Bruno’s fate is learned by someone who sits closest to the events and can connect what happened to the reality behind the fence. Bruno’s father, who is the commandant, is in a position to see how his son’s disappearance intersects with the camp’s brutal routine. He understands that Bruno didn’t just wander off; the circumstances point to the brutal system at work, and his role gives him access to that bigger picture. That combination of proximity to the truth and the authority to confront it makes him the character who figures out what happened to Bruno. The others—Bruno’s mother, who clings to hope; Shmuel, a fellow boy in the camp; and the guard, who is part of the system—do not have the same vantage or authority to draw that conclusion.