WorksheetsThe Book Thief Part 4
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
How did Erik Vandenburg save Hans Hubermann's life in the first World War?
He volunteered him to clean toilets.
He volunteered him to write letters.
He volunteered him to lick envelopes.
The volunteered him to play the accordian.
Hans Hubermann learned to play the accordion from?
Rudy Steiner
Max Vandenberg
Mr. Hermann
Erik Vandenberg
How did Max and Walter become friends?
through fighting
in school
through work
Through childhood
Max hides in the (a) during the day?
Why did Hans's business go into decline after 1933?
Choose the BEST answer.
Because he had not joined the party.
Because he painted over a jewish slur.
Because all of the jews were taken away.
Because of poverty.
Max hides in the ___________ at night?
Liesel's room
The kitchen
The basement
Han's and Rosa's room/living room
What is the main reason Han's does not join the Nazi Party in 1933?
Hans does not join because his application is rejected when he paints over slurs on a jewish shop's door.
Hans does not join because he is afraid he will be sent back to war.
Hans does not join because he cannot support a party that treats Jewish people so poorly when one saved his life.
Hans does not join because he is not very smart and does not understand politics.
"A SMALL BUT NOTEWORTHY NOTE I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me." Who is the ME in this sentence?
(a)
What did Max paint over to create The Standover Man?
Pages from his diary.
Pages from The Shoulder Shrug.
Pages from The Gravedigger's Handbook.
Pages from Mein Kampf.
Why does Hans tell Liesel "I will take each and every one of your books - and I will burn them"?
(a)
What is the title of the book that Liesel starts reading at the mayor's library?
(a)
What laws did Nazi Germany pass to legally persecute Jewish people?
(a)
What is another name for Kristallnacht?
(a)
How are Max and Liesel's experiences similar?
They both suffer from nightmares due to the trauma they have endured.
They both must hide in secret closets to avoid capture.
They both love to write stories.
They both like to play soccer.
Which example best demonstrates a change in Liesel?
She begins to like Rosa's pea soup.
She gets a newspaper for Max to fill his time in the basement.
She tells Hans that she wants to deal with her nightmares on her own.
She stops reading in the basement for a while.
Which sentence from the book best captures the symbolism of using pages of Mein Kampf to write "The Standover Man"?
"When he was finished, he used a knife to pierce the pages and tie them with a string."
"...on the paper that had bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint as they turned."
"During that week, Max had cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and painted over them."
"They were erased pages of Mein Kampf, gagging, suffocating under the paint as they turned."
What did Liesel give Max for her birthday?
A book
A hug
A newspaper
A story
How do we we see Max's "fighter" identity in these chapters? Think of at least 2 ways and explain using evidence to support your answer.
What theme is the most developed in "The Standover Man"?
Family
Love
Poverty
Friendship
In what ways does Rosa change in Part 4 of the novel? Explain at least 2 ways and use examples to support your answer.
In order to get Liesel to keep Max a secret, Hans threatens to ?
(a)
Liesel thinks max's hair looks like ___________________, then she says it looks like _____________________.
(a)
