The Book thief prologue reading comprehension

Multiple Choice

Who is our narrator?

• Liesel Meminger

• Rudy Steiner

• Death

• Adolf Hitler

Multiple Choice

What does Death identify as his “saving grace”?

• Death identifies books as his "saving grace".

• Death identifies distraction as his "saving grace".

• Death identifies love as his "saving grace".

• Death identifies death as his "saving grace".

Multiple Choice

What appears to be the situation described in the chapter “Beside the Railway Line”?

• The train is stopped due to a snowstorm. A mother and child are standing beside the dead body of another child, most likely a son/brother. Two guards are wondering what to do with them.

• The train is stopped due to a death. A mother and child are standing beside the dead body of another child, most likely a son/brother. Two guards are wondering what to do with them.

• The train is stopped due to a mandatory check by German soldiers. snowstorm. A mother and child are standing beside the dead body of another child, most likely a son/brother. Two guards are wondering what to do with them.

• The train is stopped due to a crash. A mother and child are standing beside the dead body of another child, most likely a son/brother. Two guards are wondering what to do with them.

Multiple Choice

The narrator complains because...

• everyone always calls while he is eating.

• his mother doesn't do his wash anymore.

• he doesn't have enough money.

• he never gets a vacation.

Multiple Choice

What does the narrator tell the reader not to call him?

• Francis

• Evil

• Truthful

• Nice

Multiple Choice

What does the narrator need distraction from?

• Accordion music

• Fist fighters

• The survivors

• The thievery

Multiple Choice

What does the boy place on the dead pilot?

• A red flower

• A green wreath

• A blue book

• A teddy bear

Multiple Choice

Who is the book thief?

• A little girl

• A notorious robber

• A teenage boy

• An evil old man

• A crazed librarian