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THE BOOK THIEF PART 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who places Liesel Meminger in foster care?

a)

Her grandmother

b)

Her aunt

c)

Her mother

d)

Her father

2.

It´s a day in January 1939. Liesel is 10 years old. Her brother, Werner, dies on the ____________. He ends up being buried two days after.

a)

snow

b)

cemetary

c)

road

d)

train

3.

A book falls out of the coat of a young apprentice. Liesel takes it. Its title is ______________________________.

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

The Grave Digger´s Handbook

c)

The Book Thief

d)

The Grave Digger´s Tale

4.

Liesel´s mother is taking Liesel to foster care. The authorities take Liesel just outside of Munich, to a town called _______________.

a)

Molching

b)

Berlin

c)

Himmel Street

d)

Munching

5.

The Hubermanns, Liesel´s soon -to-be foster parents live on Himmel Street. The word Himmel means _______________.

a)

hell

b)

heaven

c)

mercy

d)

saint

6.

Hans works as a _______________ and also plays the ______________ and sometimes earns a little money playing music in bars.

a)

painter / violin

b)

teacher / accordian

c)

painter / accordian

d)

soldier / accordian

7.

Rosa does ____________ for 5 prosperous Molching families.

a)

the cooking

b)

the cleaning

c)

nothing

d)

laundry

8.

After Liesel has been with the Hubermanns for several months, Rosa tells her to start calling her Mama and to call Hans Papa. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following adjectives best describes Rosa Hubermann?

a)

shy

b)

vulgar

c)

cruel

d)

warm

10.

Sau means a pig. Saumensch is an insult for a woman. Saukerl is an insult for men. Arschloch is ___________.

a)

prick

b)

S.O.B.

c)

the F word

d)

asshole

11.

School is awful for Liesel. She cannot ____________ and is put in classes with younger children. As she turns 10, she has to start going to _______________________.

a)

read / tutorials

b)

add / Hitler Youth

c)

read / Hitler Youth

d)

read / the Nazi party

12.

The people next door to the Hubermanns are the Steiners. Their son, Rudy, is an excellent soccer player. Liesel is made goalie and wards off his ball with her elbow. Then Rudy hits her in the face with a muddy ______________.

a)

punch

b)

towel

c)

soccer ball.

d)

snowball

13.

People think Rudy is insane because of what most people call - _____________________________ - , in which he painted himself charcoal black and ran 100 meters at the local playing field one night. Not a good moment to be black or Jewish, by the way!

a)

"The Jessie James Incident"

b)

"The James Owens Incident"

c)

"The Jewish Incident"

d)

"The Jesse Owens Incident!

14.

What does Liesel clean off the door frame every day, left by Frau Hollapfel? a) Chicken feathers

a)

spit

b)

chicken feathers

c)

garbage

d)

eggs

15.

Rudy points out Frau Diller´s shop. When you go in there, you have to be sure and say _________________ or she won´t serve you. She is a Nazi lover and gives her money to the Nazi party.

a)

Hey Hitler

b)

Hi Hitler

c)

Heil Hitler

d)

Long live Hitler

16.

One day, Rudy challenges Liesel to a 100-meter race. If he wins, he wants to kiss her. She agrees, but if she wins, she won´t to be goalie anymore. They call it a draw. Liesel doesn´t kiss him. Rudy says, " One day, Liesel, you´ll be ______________ to kiss me."

a)

dying

b)

wanting

c)

begging

d)

hating

17.

Jesse Owens, a black American athlete wins his fourth gold medal, but Hitler wouldn´t shake his hand. With the 1936 Olympics, Hitler hoped to prove that the blond, blue eyed Germans truly were the ______________________. Owen´s victory challenged Hitler´s belief.

a)

inferior race

b)

master race

c)

real Jewish race

d)

weaker race

18.

Death tells us that in 1933, the year Hitler took power, _________ of the Germans voted for Hitler. Just a small percentage of the population did not support him. Hans Hubermann is part of this small percentage.

a)

70%

b)

50%

c)

20%

d)

90%

19.

Hans starts teaching Liesel how to read. When he runs out of sandpaper, he begins using the _____________ instead. When it gets too full of words, he paints them over, and they start again.

a)

blackboard

b)

wall

c)

table

d)

basement

20.

September, 1939. World War Two begins. Germany invades _________________, and England and France declare war on Germany. Hitler´s voice is all over the radio. Food and other goods are _______________.

a)

Poland / ration

b)

Italy / rationed

c)

Russia / ration

d)

Poland / rationed

21.

Liesel is having a lot of trouble at school. During the break, Ludwig Schmeik starts teasing Liesel about her reading. She commences to ______________ Ludwig. Tommy, the twitching boy, smiles, and Liesel also starts thrashing him too.

a)

beat down

b)

insult

c)

beat up

d)

kiss