Book Thief Reading Assignment 11

Book Thief Reading Assignment 11

by Emily Ciabattari

The facts

of the plot.​

Quiz style questions to measure what you remember/grasped.

Timed.

So yes, you can use your book

- BUT -

don't have time to reread / go answer hunting.​

Multiple Choice

What were the NSDAP doing in Molching?

• Searching for Jews

• Recruiting young men to be soldiers

• Assessing the neighborhood

• Inspecting homes for possible air raid shelters

Multiple Choice

Which city was previously bombed?

Death described kids collecting empty fuel containers

"dropped by their enemies" in the previous chapter (338).

• Koln

• Cologne

• Munich

• Molching

Multiple Choice

A quick Wikipedia (research starting point) search tells us this about the bombing of Cologne. "The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, all by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A total of 34,711 long tons of bombs were dropped on the city. 20,000 people died during the war in Cologne due to aerial bombardments".

Making Death's description of the bombing a historical __________.

• metaphor

• reference

• fact

• allusion

Multiple Choice

"Panic generated in that awful way. Throat and mouth. Air became sand" (340). This is an example of:

• figurative language

• an allusion

• a simile

• a metaphor

Fill in the Blanks

Rudy is described as "the eternal stepper-inner" which is an example of which kind of characterization

Open Ended

When Hans says "I was wondering when this would happen" readers can infer that he is referencing more than Liesel's soccer injury. We know that the "this" that he assumed "would happen" is not just her soccer injury, but also:

Multiple Choice

Hans innate generosity and kindness is demonstrated when he calls Rudy "Herr Steiner" or Mr. Steiner on page 342 which is an example of:

• respect

• characterization

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Poll

Which is the best definition of "audacity" as used on page 344,

"I doubt any of them had the audacity to consider

what they'd do if the basement was appointed as a shelter."

• intrepid boldness

• bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints

• bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints

• marked by originality

Open Ended

At the end of "The Schmunzeller" Death describes Liesel's state of mind, "For her, the Jew in her basement had not been revealed. Her foster parents were not taken away, and she herself and contributed greatly to both of these accomplishments" (348). Did she really contribute or was it simply luck? Briefly explain your answer.

Multiple Choice

DEATH'S DIARY: THE PARISIANS "For me, the sky was the color of Jews" is a _____ ____ to the Holocaust expanding as the Nazis conquered France and began murdering French Jews (349).

• historical allusion

• historical reference

• historical fact

• historical fiction fact

Multiple Choice

Death is further shown to be an empathetic and caring narrator when he describes trying to save the souls of the Jews being murdered in the genocide of the Holocaust as described on page 349, "Some of them I caught when they were only halfway down. Saved you, I'd think, holding their souls in midair as the rest of their being - their physical shells - plummeted to the earth". This development of Death as generous and kind has largely been crafted or shown through:

• description

• characterization

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Fill in the Blanks

Does Death believe in God?

Poll

We are getting more DEATH'S DIARIES entries

- why is that?

• Because Liesel asked to him to explain himself.

• Because Rudy asked when he died.

• The war is ramping up - and so is Death's work.

• With the war ramping up Death needs more escapes from this grim, awful job.

Multiple Choice

We are told that Hans has " the knack of being a good tradesman, and a good tradesman has many tricks" on page 353, which is an example of:

• description

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• parallel structure

Multiple Choice

Hans tells us that when he first met Rosa "she was beautiful [once], and actually very quiet-spoken" on page 355 which is an example of:

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• a flattering lie

• nostalgia

Poll

Nota bene: "A gargantuan brown-shirted official informed the group

that there was one lap to go. He certainly wasn't suffering

under the ration system" (361).

Which is quite the sick burn as it implies:

• That Herman Goring (pictured above) being high up in the party did not share the suffering and burden of the German people.

• The double negative of "wasn't suffering" implies he's not actually rationing.

• The double negative of "wasn't suffering" implies he's not actually following the rationing.

• Insulting / implying that officials like this one are not suffering like the rest of the citizens.

Open Ended

Liesel concludes that Rudy lost the fourth race on purpose, because "he isn't Jesse Owens" (364). What does this mean?

OR to put it another way: Why would he lose the fourth race on purpose?

OR to put it another way: Why does it matter that he isn't Jesse Owens?

OR to put it another way: What does it mean when she says "he isn't Jesse Owens?

Poll

What gift does Ilsa Hermann (the mayor's wife) give Liesel?

• A dictionary

• Not ratting her out to the mayor.

• A thesaurus

• A dictionary AND a thesaurus