The Book Thief Review

The Book Thief is told from the ___ point of view.

• first person

• third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Death typically notices colors first, humans second. He sees the book thief in the flesh three times, and each of those meetings is associated with a color. The first time Death sees Liesel Meminger, it is white. The second time it is black. The third time it is ___.

• red

• yellow

Death first sees Liesel Meminger on a train when he comes to collect the soul of her dead brother. When Liesel's brother dies, he is buried in an unnamed town. The only people who attend the funeral are Liesel, her mother, ___, and two grave diggers.

• two soldiers

• the priest

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

The first book Liesel steals is ___.

• Faust the Dog

• The Gravedigger's Handbook

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

Liesel is taken to ___, a small town outside of Munich, where she is placed with Hans and Rosa Hubermann.

• Hamburg

• Molching

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Hans Hubermann works as a ___ and supplements his income by playing his accordion. Rosa Hubermann does washing and ironing for some of the more well-to-do families in the town.

• painter

• waiter

Leisel becomes the heavyweight champion of the school-yard when she beats up Ludwig Schmeikl and ___.

• Tommy Muller

• Rudy Steiner

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Papa realizes that Liesel can't read, he begins to make her flashcards using sandpaper. When the sandpaper runs out, he allows Liesel to practice her reading and writing by ___.

• drawing her words with sticks of charcoal from the fire

• painting words on the basement wall

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The day of the bonfire, Hans Hubermann slaps Liesel across the face when she announces that ___.

• she hates the Fuhrer

• she hates Rosa

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to Death, a good thief needs four things: stealth, nerve, speed, and ___.

• cunning

• luck

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3