Book Thief Movie Questions

Who is the narrator of the Book Thief?

• Death

• Liesel

• Unknown narrator

• Rudy

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When the book/movie opens, what year is it?

• 1939

• 1933

• 1942

• 1944

At the beginning of the movie, who dies on the train to Munich?

What is the title of the first book Liesel steals?

• Mein Kampf

• The Shoulder Shrug

• The Gravedigger's Handbook

• The Book Thief

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What essential theme is introduced at the beginning of the Book Thief?

• Rudy's lack of pride

• Liesel's struggle with words

• The importance of war

• Wrongness of stealing

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Which of the following did Mrs Hubermann insist that Liesel call her?

• mama

• mam

• Mrs Hubermann

• Rosa

When Hans finds Liesel's stolen book, what does he do?

• Yells at her

• Tears out the pages

• Burns it

• Teaches her to read

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Rudy, the boy next door was obsessed with an American athlete. Which athlete was that?

• Henry Armstrong

• Jesse Owens

• Hank Aaron

• Joe Luis

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Who was attacked on Kristallnacht?

• Hitler

• Communists

• Jews

• Nazi authorities

On Hitler's birthday, what was burnt in the bonfire?

• Enemy propaganda

• Trash

• Books

• Firewood