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The Book Thief - Part 1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The boy next door to Liesel, Ruby Steiner, was obsessed with an American athlete. With which athlete was he obsessed?
a)
Joe Louis
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
Henry Armstrong
d)
Hank Aaron
2.

What game did the children play in the street to pass their time?

a)

Soccer

b)

Rugby

c)

Cricket

d)

Hopscotch

3.

Frau Diller is described as having breath that smelled like...

a)

heil Hitler

b)

dog food

c)

death

d)

garlic

4.

Pfiffikus is known to be

a)

a nice gentleman

b)

a nazi

c)

a whistler and a user of profanity

d)

a saumench

5.

Rudy bets Leisel ...

a)

a hug

b)

a kiss

c)

a piece of candy

d)

a wachen

6.

Rudy uses this substance to darken his skin...

a)

paint

b)

charcoal

c)

makeup

d)

dirt

7.

How does Hans Hubermann agree to help Liesel?

a)

He promises to find her mother.

b)

He promises to keep her out of the Nazi Youth Group.

c)

He promises to teach her how to read.

d)

He promises to always be kind to her.

8.

Why is Rudy's enthusiasm for Jesse Owens unusual in Nazi Germany?

a)

Jesse Owens was black, and the Nazi's considered themselves a superior race.

b)

The Germans were embarrassed about losing to Americans.

c)

He won so many gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

d)

Track wasn't a cool sport.

9.

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

a)

Yells at her

b)

Burns it

c)

Teaches her to read

d)

Tears out the pages

10.
What is Frau Diller's one golden rule?
a)
heil Hitler upon entering the shop
b)
greet her upon entering her shop
c)
say please and thank you when in her shop
d)
you break it, you buy it
11.

What does Tommy Muller's have problems with?

a)

talking

b)

twitching

c)

seeing

d)

running

12.
Why are cigarettes so significant in the reading?
a)
Everyone smokes a lot
b)
Papa and Liesel always buy them together
c)
Pape and Liesel spend time rolling them together
d)
Liesel steals them for Papa
13.

What is the smell of friendship?

a)

candy and cheetos

b)

cigarettes and kerosene

c)

newspaper and paint

d)

coffee and gasoline

14.

Which students reminds Sister Maria that Liesel had no read yet?

a)

Tommy

b)

Rudy

c)

Frau

d)

Adolf

15.

Rudy is supportive of Liesel - like a buddy - he thinks...

a)

just don't kiss me!

b)

just don't kick me in the eggs

c)

just don't tell on me

d)

he wishes she was older

16.

What is located down the river from the Hubermans'?

a)

a zoo

b)

a concentration camp

c)

a gigantic stadium for football

d)

a farm with many animals

17.

Leisel breakdown after her fight and asks...

a)

Why was he so mean?

b)

Why is Hitler o an Arsloche?

c)

Why are we at war?

d)

Why did he have to die?

18.

What word does Liesel wonder about the meaning of?

a)

nazi

b)

German

c)

Saumensch

d)

Kommunist

19.

Liesel remembers that her mother was...

a)

poor

b)

sick

c)

loved her but had to abandon her

d)

all of these are true

20.

Rosa Huberman was good at being...

a)

scared

b)

quiet

c)

calm

d)

furious

21.

Hans Huberman teaches Liesel how to ...

a)

pack a pipe

b)

play the acordian

c)

roll a cigarette

d)

bathe herself

22.

Hans Huberman teaches Liesel how to ...

a)

pack a pipe

b)

play the acordian

c)

roll a cigarette

d)

bathe herself

23.

Which are true about Rosa?

a)

she loved Liesel

b)

she did others' washing

c)

her cooking was atrocious

d)

she wanted to be called mama

e)

she likes to use profanity

24.

What would Liesel have nightmares about?

a)

Rosa beating her

b)

Hans being mean

c)

Hitler

d)

her brother's death

25.

What does the Grave Digger's handbook mean to Liesel?

a)

It symbolizes the last time she saw her mother and brother

b)

the hatred of the Nazi Party

c)

it is meaningless - just a book

d)

This is the wrong answer.

26.

School was a terrific failure for Liesel because...

a)

she was short

b)

she was playing on her cell phone

c)

she could not read or write

d)

she was blond

27.

How does Rosa feel about the people whose washing she does?

a)

they are rude, bad, filthy, rich and crazy

b)

she respects them

c)

she fears them

d)

they are great!