The Book Thief: The Bread Eaters-Snows of Stalingrad

The Book Thief: "The Bread Eaters" through "Snows of Stalingrad"

by Elle Harrington

Multiple Choice

Who is NOT one of "the three desperate men" who consume Liesel's thoughts?

• Max

• Hans

• Rudy

• Alex Steiner

Multiple Select

How does Liesel imagine Max? (Mark all correct answers.)

• As one of the prisoners walking to Dachau

• Walking alone on a deserted road

• Using his fake identity card to create a new life

• Hiding in a basement somewhere

Multiple Select

"His blond hair, although darkening, was like a candle. She heard his stomach growl--and he was giving people bread" (440).

This quotation contains examples of ___ and___.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• simile

• personification

• i

Poll

What do you think of Rudy's decision to give bread to the people being forced to walk to Dachau?

• A brave act of political resistance

• A generous act of charity

• An immature attempt to provoke the Nazis

Multiple Choice

What was Mama hiding in the mattress?

• Max's sketchbook

• Money

• Letters from Liesel's mother

• Letters from Max

Multiple Choice

In "The Word Shaker" fable, Max depicts Hitler's discovery of the power of propaganda as _____.

• planting words and farming thoughts

• bombing people with information

• drowning people in a sea of hared

Open Ended

The character who represents Liesel is  the best word shaker because _____.

Open Ended

What is the symbolism of the tallest tree in the forest, planted by the word shaker?

Multiple Choice

What does Liesel give Rudy for Christmas?

• She steals him a potato.

• They go to the library and steal a book together.

• They go to his father's shop to steal a suit.

• A picture of Rudy at the track meet

Multiple Choice

The title of part nine, "The Last Human Stranger," refers to ___.

• Michael Holzapfel who returns from the war

• Liesel's description of Max

• Liesel's description of Ilsa Hermann

• The title of the next book that Liesel steals

Multiple Choice

What is different about the latest trip to the mayor's house?

• Ilsa has left a hand knit scarf as a gift for Liesel.

• Liesel talks to Ilsa.

• Rudy steals food from the kitchen.

• The Mayor enters the  library while they are there.

Multiple Choice

"It kills me sometimes, how people die" (464).

• Metaphor

• dramatic irony

• pun

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

"Stalingrad happened to my hand" (466).

This quotations contains _____.

• an allusion

• a metaphor

• personification

• foreshadowing

​Stalingrad, January 1943

Battle of Stalingrad began in August 1942 and ended in February 1943

One of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare

Estimated 2 MILLION casualties

German forces became trapped​ and were beginning to starve

​Hitler refused to allow them to surrender

Multiple Choice

Michael Holtzapfel came home from Stalingrad severely injured, and his brother, Robert ___.

• died on the battlefield

• remained at Stalingrad, fighting

• died in a field hospital

• was declared MIA (missing in action) and presumed dead