WorksheetsThe Book Thief Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 3hrs 46mins
Who is the book narrated by?
Liesel
Hans
Max
Death
Who dies at the beginning of the book?
Liesel
Max
Werner
Rosa
What is the first book Liesel reads?
The Invisible Man
Mein Kampf
The Rainbow Man
The Grave Digger's Handbook
What German city is Himmel Street located?
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
Frankfurt
Who did the accordion once belong to?
Liesel's mother
Han's father
Rosa's father
Max's father
Why is Liesel teased at school?
She can't speak German.
She can't read or write.
She is bad at singing.
The students find out her mother is a communist.
Who was Frau Diller?
A student at Liesel's school
A staunch Aryan shop owner
A communist supporter
A Jewish local
Hans had blown his chances of joining the Nazi Party by...
taking an orphaned Jewish child into his home.
talking about Jesse Owen's victories in a positive way.
refusing to allow his son to attend the Hitler Youth meetings.
painting over the slurs written on a Jewish shop front.
Who had seen Liesel take the book from the ashes after the book burning?
Ludwig Schmeikl
Rudy Steiner
Ilsa Hermann
Rosa Hubermann
Liesel and Rudy joined a group of older kids, led by Arthur Berg, who...
met secretly to discuss politics.
stole fruit and vegetables from farmers.
played soccer every Saturday.
vandalized the homes of wealthy people.
How had Erik Vandenburg saved Hans's life during World War II?
by dragging him to safety after he was shot in a skirmish
by nominating him as the soldier with the best penmanship
by teaching him to play the accordion
by volunteering to take his watch on the night the bombs fell
Max Vandenburg and Walter Kugler became friends after...
they fought each other thirteen times in street fights.
they became coworkers at the same factory.
Walter's younger sister introduced them to each other at a party.
Walter tried to steal Max's wallet.
In his first book, Max wrote that all his life, he had been scared of...
his family leaving him alone.
men standing over him.
darkness surrounding him.
people making fun of him.
In Ilsa Hermann's letter to Liesel, Liesel learned that Ilsa...
knew Liesel had been stealing her books.
had had a daughter who had died of tuberculosis.
was moving away from Molching in the spring.
was angry at Liesel for breaking into her house.
What event prompted Max to leave Himmel Street?
Rosa lost her final customer.
Trudy Huberman decided to move back to her parents home.
Hans gave bread to one of the Jews who was walking to Dachau.
The Huberman's basement was approved as an air-raid shelter.
Shortly after Hans became a member of the Nazi Party, he was...
drafted into the German army.
congratulated by his son, Hans Junior.
hired to paint several houses.
asked to play his accordion at a "parade".
Liesel finally kissed Rudy when he...
died in the air raid on Himmel Street.
rescued her book from the Amper River.
gave her a Christmas present.
was beaten by the Nazi soldier.
What does Death notice often about the sky when someone dies?
It is always brown.
It includes an eclipse.
It is always sunny.
It is always a certain color.
The midnight classes between Liesel and Hans begin by
Liesel learning the alphabet.
Liesel reading The Gravedigger's Handbook.
Hans reading "The Standover Man."
Hans entering Liesel's bedroom due to her having nightmares.
Hans slaps Liesel because
she cusses at Rosa.
she comes home late for dinner.
she breaks his accordion.
she says she hates Hitler.
Which of the following words best describes Liesel's biological father?
Nazi
Kommunist
Loving
Lost
What does Hans trade for books?
Painting
Playing his accordian
Cigarettes
Alcohol
