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Book Thief Nine Week Exam

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who places Liesel Meminger in foster care?

a)

Her grandfather

b)

Her mother

c)

Her father

2.

Who is the narrator of this novel?

a)

Hope

b)

Love

c)

Death

3.

How are Liesel and her brother traveling to the foster care system?

a)

By ship

b)

By train

c)

By airplane

4.

To which German city is Liesel being relocated by the foster care system?

a)

Hamburg

b)

Stuttgard

c)

Berlin

d)

Munich

5.

Which of the following adjectives best describes Rosa Huberman?

a)

Warm

b)

Shy

c)

Vulgar

d)

Cruel

6.

Which of the follwoing instruments does Hans Huberman play?

a)

Bagpipes

b)

Accordian

c)

Violin

7.

Which of the following activities does Hans Huberman convince Liesel to do after she has been in the house a few weeks?

a)

Eat porridge

b)

Change her clothes

c)

Take a bath

8.

Why does Liesel struggle in school?

a)

Because she can't read

b)

Because she has no friends

c)

Because she can't do math

9.

What does Rosa do for a living?

a)

She is a midwife

b)

She is a seamstress

c)

She is a factory worker

d)

She does other people's laundry

10.

What sport does Liesel regularly play with the neighborhood kids?

a)

dodgeball

b)

baseball

c)

soccer

d)

stick ball

11.

Which of the following sports is Rudy most interested in?

a)

Track and Field

b)

Swimming

c)

Gymanstics

d)

Rugby

12.

What does Hans Hubermann do for a living?

a)

He is a teacher

b)

He is a mechanic

c)

He is a painter

d)

He is unemployed

13.

Which of the following characters teaches Liesel how to read?

a)

Rosa

b)

Max

c)

Rudy

d)

Hans

14.
".....Rosa Hubermann, who looked like a small wardrobe with a coat thrown over it." This quote from part one uses what type of figurative language?
a)
Personification
b)
Methaphor
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Simile
15.
"He had already cheated me in one world war but later be put into another......" In this quote "me" refers to ________.
a)
Hans
b)
Death
c)
the government
d)
Liesel
16.
Which of the following did Mrs. Hubermann insist that Liesel call her?
a)
Mama
b)
Mrs. Huberman
c)
Mam
d)
Rosa
17.
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
18.

Liesel and Hans attend a book-burning event in honor of _____.

a)

Hans

b)

England

c)

Hitler

d)

Stalin

19.

Liesel steals a book when the event is over and hides it in her _____.

a)

purse

b)

backpack

c)

boots

d)

coat

20.

Liesel receives two books for _____.

a)

her birthday

b)

National Reading Day

c)

Anti-Book Burning Day

d)

Christmas

21.

Liesel takes washing money and mails the rest of her to her mother.

a)

money

b)

letters

c)

coins

d)

clothes

22.

Liesel steals a book called __________________________ from the fire.

a)

The Book Thief

b)

The Shoulder Shrug

c)

The Nazi Handbook

d)

A German's Girl's Guide to Etiquette

23.

The word ____________________ makes Liesel realize why she lost her parents and brother.

a)

Socialist

b)

Democrat

c)

Republican

d)

Communist

24.

What book does Papa buy?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Hitler's Woods

c)

The Shoulder Shrug

d)

The Bible

25.

What food is delivered to the starving, hiding, Jewish man whose name is Max?

a)

Bread, tea, and potato

b)

Fat, carrots, bread, and water

c)

Butter, biscuits, and tea

d)

soup, apples, and candy

26.

Who is Johann Hermann?

a)

The mayor's wife's Son who died in the war.

b)

A boy who hates Rudy

c)

The boy from the store

d)

a guilt ridden boy who steals from Liesel

27.

Why do Liesel and Rudy join Arthur Berg's "gang"?

a)

they need protection

b)

they want to be popular

c)

they are starving

d)

they are bored

28.

What do they steal on their first "run" with the gang?

a)

books

b)

candy

c)

apples

d)

tires

29.

What do Liesel and Rudy do with the one piece of candy they purchase?

a)

they saw it in half

b)

they give it to a street "urchin"

c)

they share it, each taking turns sucking on it

d)

they drop it, it was old and gross

30.

What happens to Otto Sturm and the goods he is delivering to the priests?

a)

His bike slips on the ice (thanks to Rudy) and Rudy steals his basket

b)

they are stolen by Arthur Berg

c)

the Nazis confiscate them

d)

he eats them all because he is a sweinne (pig)

31.

Part 3 ends with Max (the struggler) arriving at a

a)

a concentration camp

b)

a pale, almost sick-looking house

with an iron gate and a brown spit-stained door

c)

the gates o thievery

d)

the fuhrer's

32.

How does Hans react when he finds out Liesel stole a book from the bonfire?

a)

He understands why she stole it and does not punish her.

b)

He forces her to go back and return it.

c)

He never finds out.

d)

He beats her.

33.
What type of soup does Rosa Hubermann make once a week to feed her family? 
a)
Pea Soup
b)
Chicken Noodle
c)
Beer Cheese
d)
Minestrone
34.
Which of the following activities do Rudy and Liesel spend the summer doing? 
a)
swinging 
b)
shopping
c)
stealing
d)
sewing
35.
Who sees Liesel steal the book from the bonfire? 
a)
Rudy. 
b)
The mayor's wife. 
c)
Adolf Hitler. 
d)
Hans. Jr.
36.

What item of Erik’s did Hans keep with him throughout the war and then try to return to Erik’s family?

a)

book

b)

accordion

c)

picture

d)

hat

37.

What action did Hans take that initially made a negative impression on the Nazi party?

a)

Giving a watschen to a Nazi police officer

b)

Swearing at a Nazi official when he was drunk

c)

Painting over a Jewish slur on store's door

d)

Refusing to burn a book when directed to

38.

Who is Max worried about having a big mouth?

a)

Liesel

b)

Rosa

c)

Walter

d)

Hans

39.

Why won't Hans join the Nazi party?

a)

His application was rejected

b)

He hated Hitler

c)

He didn't consider himself a "joiner"

d)

He was friends with a Jew during WWI

40.

Who says, "When death captures me...he will feel my fist on his face"?

a)

Liesel

b)

Rudy

c)

Max

d)

Walter Kugler

41.

What book does Hans send Max?

a)

The Standover Man

b)

Mein Kampf

c)

The Bible

d)

The Torah

42.

Who wrote letters and avoided a deadly battle?

a)

Hans Hubmermann

b)

Max Vandenburg

c)

Eric Vandenburg

d)

Alex Steiner