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Worksheetsthe book thief
Total questions: 173
Worksheet time: 2hrs 22mins
Who is the book narrated by?
Liesel
Hans
Max
Death
What is the narrator interested with?
Smells
Colours
Sounds
Scenes
What instrument does Hans play?
Flute
Guitar
Accordion
Violin
Who dies at the beginning of the book?
Liesel
Max
Werner
Rosa
What literary technique is frequently used?
Foreshadowing
Similes
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
What is the first book Liesel reads?
The Invisible Man
Mein Kampf
The Rainbow Man
The Grave Digger's Handbook
Himmel Street means:
Heaven Street
Hate Street
Happy Street
Hardship Street
What German city is Himmel Street located?
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
Frankfurt
How many steps are outlined in the Grave Digger's Handbook?
6
8
10
12
Why was Liesel's mother taken by the Nazis?
She was a Jew
She was disabled
She was a communist
She outwardly opposed the Nazis
Which of these terms does NOT describe Rosa Hubermann?
Affable
Harsh
Inflexible
Austere
The Bund Deutscher Madchen stood for:
United German Girls
United German Boys
United Communists
German Men
What colour was Liesel's uniform for the Hitler Youth Group?
Cream
Brown
Black
Grey
What does Rosa do for work?
She doesn't have a job
She works at the local cafe
She is an accountant
She washes people's laundry
What does Hans do for work?
He is a builder
He is a musician
He is a painter
He is a politician
How did Liesel feel when she hears the accordion?
Safe
Happy
Uncomfortable
Sad
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
What word is used to describe Rosa's cooking?
It was delicious
It was very popular
It was atrocious
It was distinctly German
She had an __________ personality, always ready with a kind word and a smile.
callous
amiable
incense
The nervous young girl felt a certain _____________ about getting on stage in front of everyone.
innocuous
derision
trepidation
The snake was ____________, but the boy still screamed when it slid over his arm.
innocuous
prolific
predominantly
Their search for gold was __________. In the end, they found nothing.
relinquished
futile
amiable
It took us a half hour to ___________ him back into the car.
perplex
berate
coax
The members of the club were ___________ female, with only a few men.
amiable
predominantly
relinquished
The number of sharks close to shore was ____________ for that time of year.
prolific
callous
futile
The judge_________ the lawyers for their lack of preparation.
castigated
coaxed
perplexed
Their teacher __________ them for being late.
coaxed
relinquished
berated
Definition: Having an insensitive or cruel disregard for others; Lack of sympathy for others
Audacity
Callous
Trepidation
Definition: Make someone very angry
Innocuous
Incense
Perplex
Definition: Scornful ridicule or mockery
Derision
Prolific
Berate
Definition: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
Callous
Audacity
Predominantly
Definition: Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up
Incense
Coax
Relinquish
Definition: To reach the highest point; reach a climax
Culminate
Contort
Castigate
Definition: Twist or bend out of its normal shape
Berate
Contort
Perplex
Definition: Cause someone to feel completely baffled
Incense
Castigate
Perplex
Define foster family
A family that cares for children who are not relatives
A family with many children
A family that adopts animals
A family that gives clothes and food to children.
Define Distress.
Extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain
Extreme happiness and excitement
Feeling bored and alone
Feeling mad, angry, and irate
Define expert
To know a lot about a subject
To start learning about a subject
To ask questions about a subject
To write a paper about a subject
Define grief
Extreme sadness
Extreme happiness
Extreme boredom
Extreme pain
Define narrate
To describe a movie
To summarize a book
To tell a story
To visualize a story
Define protagonist
The main character in a story
An actor in a movie
An athlete that plays sports
A famous person
How does Death acquire the book thief's book?
He steals it from the young girl while she is crying.
He finds it in the rubble on Munich Street.
He discovers it in the basement where the girl was.
He retrieves it from a garbage truck.
Tommy Muller has difficulty
seeing
hearing
walking
talking
Papa teachers Liesel how to
play the accordion
cook
read
paint
Mama sends Liesel to deliver and pick up her customers' laundry because she
is injured and cannot walk
is punishing Liesel
thinks people will not fire a child
has gotten another job
Hans Junior is angry with his father because Hans
is not a Nazi supporter
never fought in a war
will not lend him money
adopted another child
Liesel steals her second book, The Shoulder Shrug, from
her teacher's bookshelf
Rudy Steiner's house
Ilsa Hermann's library
the fire at Hitler's birthday celebration
Hans Hubermann's application to join the Nazi Party is denied because
he is too poor to pay the application fee
he painted over a Jewish racial slur
his son turned him in to the Nazi Party
he is hiding a Jew in his basement
Erik Vandenburg saves Hans Hubermann's life by
running in front of him on the battleground
dragging him to the army hospital after Hans is wounded
switching seats with him in a truck that is bombed
nominating Hans to stay back to write letters for the captain
Max Vandenburg is first hidden by
Walter Kugler
Arthur Berg
Hans Hubermann
Viktor Chemmel
While Max Vandenburg travels via train to Himmel Street, he is reading a copy of
The Shoulder Shrug
The Word Shaker
The Last Human Stranger
Mein Kampf
Hans and Rosa decide to let Max come upstairs at night because
they feel guilty making Max stay in the basement all of the time
Liesel begs them to let Max come up and draw with her
it is too cold and damp in the basement, and Max might get sick
they are not worried about being checked on by the Nazis at night
Max fantasizes that he
boxes against Hitler and often wins
walks out the Hubermann's door a free man
takes the train back to find his family
strolls through the woods with Liesel
Max fantasizes that he
boxes against Hitler and often wins
walks out the Hubermann's door a free man
takes the train back to find his family
strolls through the woods with Liesel
Ilsa Hermann hides in her house because she
is afraid of being hurt
is painfully shy
does not like people
lost her son in the war
Rudy and Liesel join Arthur Berg's gang of thieves to steal
books
food
liquor
money
To save Liesel's book book from Viktor Chemmel, Rudy
jumps in the river
punches him
threatens him
leaps over a cliff
A representative from the NSDAP comes to the Hubermann's house to
see if there are any Jews hiding in the house
process Hans Hubermann's Nazi Party application
determine if their basement is suitable as an air raid shelter
offer Liesel a place in the Hitler Youth school
At the Hitler Youth athletic carnival, Rudy wins
all of his races
all but one of his races
half of his races
none of his races
Hans Hubermann is whipped in the street for
giving bread to a Jew
painting over a racial slur
hiding Max in his basement
protecting Liesel from a soldier
Frau Holtzapfel offers Rosa Hubermann her coffee ration in exchange for
ingredients for a cake
Liesel's reading to her
Han's accordion playing
Rosa's laundry services
Who survives the bombing on Himmel Street?
Tommy
Rudy
Hans
Liesel
What mistake did Han's make after the war that brought attention to him from the Nazi party?
Giving a watschen to a Nazi police officer
Swearing at a Nazi official when he was drunk
Painting over a Jewish slur on store's door
Getting Rosa pregnant so he had to marry her
Who is Max worried about having a big mouth?
Liesel
Rosa
Walter
Hans
What do Liesel and Max have in common?
Nightmares and both arrived during a storm
Nightmares and both arrived in a state of agitation
Arrived during a storm and both were agitated
Both are Jewish and have nightmares
What did the Nuremberg Laws take away from Jews?
The right to vote and be treated fairly
Citizenship
The right to marry people that weren't Jews
All of the above
What book does Hans send Max?
Das Capital
Mein Kampf
The Bible
The Torah
Who wrote letters and avoided a deadly battle?
Hans Hubmerman
Max Vandenburg
Eric Vandenburg
Alex Steiner
"He obviously thought that today wasn't the appropriate time for his friend to die." Who is the "he" that Death is referring to?
Hans Huberman
Max Vandenburg
Eric Vandenburg
Sergeant Stephan Schneider
"From a drawer, she took an old piece of paper and stuffed it in his jacket pocket. "If ever...' She held him one last time, by the elbows. 'This could be your last hope.'" Who is she?
Max's mother
Rosa Huberman
Rudy's mother
Walter Krugler's mother
"She was a good woman in a crisis." Who does this refer to?
Max's mother
Rudy's mother
The mayor's wife
Mama
What was one thing Hans did when he ran out of black paint?
Mixed in charcoal
Mixed silt from the river
Mixed in ashes from the fireplace
Mixed in juice from blackberries Liesel stole
Why was there a sudden demand for Hans to paint?
People needed to paint their blinds to comply with blackout regulations
People wanted swastikas painted on their doors to identify as Nazis
People wanted Hans to paint over all the vandalism since all the Jews were gone
People wanted spruce up their homes since Hitler was going to be visiting Molching.
What did Papa ask the wealthy people for as payment when they claimed they could not pay?
Cigarettes
Books
Champagne
Desserts
What did Rudy do during the summer while Liesel worked with Papa?
He did extra shooting practice at Hitler Youth.
He continued stealing without her help.
He trained for races for the Hitler Youth carnival
He helped mend Nazi uniforms in his father’s tailor shop
What book does Liesel steal without Rudy’s help?
The Word Shaker
A Song in the Dark
The dictionary
The Dream Carrier
What book does Liesel steal when she finds a letter from Mrs. Hermann (the mayor’s wife)?
The Word Shaker
A Song in the Dark
The dictionary
The Dream Carrier
What did Max do during the first air raid siren?
He stayed in his hiding place.
He ran outside in the back yard.
He showed up in the Fiedler’s basement.
He peeked through the curtains.
What did the people of Himmel Street do during the second air raid?
Sang the German national anthem
Listened to Liesel read
Cried and held hands
Argued because of their nervousness.
Who trades coffee rations in order for Liesel to come read to him/her?
Frau Hermann
Frau Holtazpfel
Frau Diller
Frau Fieldman
Where was the parade of Jews headed?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Bergen-Belsen
Treblinka
Why did Max have to leave the house?
Because Hans helped a Jew in the parade, they feared they would be searched.
Because Max heard news from his family, he left to try to rejoin them.
Because of the kindness of Mrs. Hermann, Liesel was able to obtain fake papers for him.
Because Hans helped a Jew in the parade, the Nazis immediately searched the home, found Max, and took him away.
Who did the Gestapo come for at the end of part 7?
Hans
Liesel
Max
Rudy
Directions: match each moment from part seven to the German word that the narrator associated it with.
The summer of painting with Papa and a taste of champagne
Angst (Fear)
Gelegenheit (Opportunity)
Zufriedenheit (Happiness)
Nachtrauern (Regret)
Directions: match each moment from part seven to the German word that the narrator associated it with.
The parade of Jews down Himmel Street
Elend (Misery)
Schweigen (Silence)
Verzeihung (Forgiveness)
Nachtrauern (Regret)
Directions: match each moment from part seven to the German word that the narrator associated it with.
The first night in the Fieldman’s basement
Verzeihung (Forgiveness)
Wort (Word)
Zufriedenheit (Happiness)
Angst (Fear)
Directions: match each moment from part seven to the German word that the narrator associated it with.
Liesel receives a letter in the book stolen from the mayor’s house
Gelegenheit (Opportunity)
Verzeihung (Forgiveness)
Zufriedenheit (Happiness)
Angst (Fear)
What is foreshadowed at both the beginning and end of part 5?
Rudy is going to die
The book thief will strike again
Papa is going to go to war
Max is going to be found by the Nazis
Which of these is not an example of personification in the context of this novel?
“A book floated down the Amper River.”
“In the darkness of my dark-beating heart...You see? Even death has a heart.”
“Standing above him at all moments of awakeness was the hand of time, and it didn’t hesitate
to wring him out.”
“Her eyes scanned the room and she could see The Whistler, sitting patiently on the mayor’s
desk.
Which of the following is not something that Liesel gives to or does for Max?
Gives him a daily weather report
Brings him newspapers with unfinished or empty crosswords
Brings him books from Ilsa Hermann’s library
Cuts his hair when it starts to get in his eyes.
What is the key difference (supported by the text) between Viktor Chemmel and Arthur Berg?
Viktor is older and more ruthless.
Viktor steals because he wants to, not because he is in need.
Arthur is a proud supporter of Adolf Hitler
Arthur is a better leader
What is the problem Rudy faces on Hitler Youth?
Franz Deutscher is a ruthless Hitler Youth leader
Tommy Muller cannot hear all the commands
Rudy feels the need to stand up for his friend and defy authority
All of the above
Where does Rudy leave Liesel’s shoes?
By the mayor’s house
By the Amper River
By the track
By the apple trees
Which of the following was not an “act of stupidity” performed by Rudy according to the narrator?
He tried to steal the biggest potato from the grocer
He mocked Franz Deutscher publically when they were not at Hitler Youth
He began to skip Hitler Youth meetings
He tried to “one-up” Viktor and his gang
What was the result of Rudy’s absences from Hitler Youth?
His family was fined
He was able to transfer to a different division
He was found and beaten up by Franz
His father had to spend 3 days in prison
What happened to The Whistler?
It was used by Max to create another book for Liesel
It was discovered by Mama and Liesel was forced to return it
It was thrown into the river by Viktor and retrieved by Rudy
It was destroyed by destroyed by Franz because it was not written by a Nazi
What does Liesel shout to Frau Hermann when the Frau fires Rosa from her laundry service?
That the Frau is ugly.
That the Frau is fat.
That the Frau is pathetic.
That the Frau is a traitor.
T/F: Rudy dies from hypothermia after jumping into the Ampes River to save one of Liesel's books.
True
False
What does Rudy die from or as a result of?
Hypothermia
Bombing
Hanging
Burned
What book was Rudy trying to save from the Amper River?
Mein Kampf
The Struggler
The Whistler
The Shoulder Shrug
In what year did the events of Part V take place?
1933
1945
1943
1941
Who asked for a haircut at the beginning of Part V?
Liesel
Hans
Max
Rosa
On what day was the only delivery day left for Liesel?
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
What did Liesel sometimes bring to Max?
A new book to read
The Molching Express newspaper
How old was Max during the time in Part V?
21
24
31
34
Whom does Max envision boxing in his fantastical dreams?
Hans Hubermann
Mayor Hermann
the Fuhrer - Hitler
T/F: Rosa was fired by the mayor and his wife from washing.
True
False
Who found Franz Deutscher's ire in the Hitler Youth meetings because of a lack of unity in concert?
Tommy Mueller
Viktor Chemmel
Andy Steiner
Who was the new "Arthur Berg"?
Andy Steiner
Rudy Steiner
Liesel
Viktor Chemmel
When did Liesel "truly" become the book thief according to the reading?
October 1941
December 1941
April 1941
T/F: Rudy is the one that branded her with the nickname, the book thief.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT one of Rudy's "acts of stupidity"?
Stealing the potato
Taking on Franz on Munich Street
Skipping the Hitler Youth meetings
Jumping into the Amper River
Which of the following was NOT one of Rudy's "tormentors"?
Franz Deutscher
Victor Chemmel
Alex Steiner
Who tossed the book into the river?
Andy
Rudy
Viktor
Franz
T/F: Rudy gets his kiss from Liesel before his death.
True
False
What was one thing Hans did when he ran out of black paint?
Mixed in charcoal
Mixed silt from the river
Mixed in ashes from the fireplace
Mixed in juice from blackberries Liesel stole
