Why is it ironic that Liesel steals The Gravedigger's Handbook?
She's been digging graves since she could walk, she doesn't need a handbook
She's already dead. A la the Sixth Sense.
She can't read. Makes the whole book thing a little difficult.
She meant to steal Ditch Digging Handbook.
Why is Hans conscripted? - Select all correct answers.
He writes a pop song about Hitler.
He is the best goose stepper in Germany.
He paints a full beard on a Hitler poster.
He fed a Jewish prisoner a piece of bread.
Why does Hans get to come home? - Select all correct answers.
He broke his leg.
He has flat feet.
He sang too much.
He sneezes at inopportune times.
Death snags a lock of hair from Liesel after the bombing.
Who narrates The Book Thief?
God
Spongebob Squarepants
Death
Liesel Meminger
Liesel is running away from home at the start of the novel.
Liesel’s brother dies during the train ride.
What book is in Liesel’s suitcase when she arrives at the Hubermann’s?
The Gravedigger’s Handbook
War and Peace
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Book Thief
From where does Liesel steal her second book?
Adolf Hitler’s personal library
A bookstore
A burning pile of books
School
What prompts Hans to hide Max from the Nazis?
Hans feels it’s his duty to help as many people escape the Nazis as possible
He was instructed to do so by a rather specific fortune cookie message
Max’s father saved Hans’s life during World War I
He lost a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors
The Gestapo want Rudy to join the military.
Liesel calls the story of her life The Sound of Music. Himmel Street Blues. The Book Thief. Little Women.( The Sound of Music., Himmel Street Blues., The Book Thief., Little Women. )
Death gives Liesel her book angel's wings a pass to Heaven his business card( her book, angel's wings, a pass to Heaven, his business card ) as she dies.
Where did Max Vandenburg go?
To Israel
Home
He died
To a concentration camp
This novel is set before World War I. during World War I. before World War II. during World War II.( before World War I., during World War I., before World War II., during World War II. )
This novel takes place in the city of
Who is the Book Thief?
Hitler
Liesel
Rudy
How does Death affect the narrative style of this book?
He allows us to see just how many people die.
He can be many places simultaneously and 'see' everything.
He's naturally morbid.
He has no humour, so we get just how serious this all is.
What does Death want to prove to himself?
That he can annihilate an entire race himself.
That humans are inherently selfish.
That it's worth it to make an effort for humans.
That humans will always naturally fail.
After the war, Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.
Death steals
How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?
We can't; he's not a character
He orders to have enormous numbers of books burned.
He steals books from burn piles.
He hoards books in his library.
Why is Death "haunted by humans"?
Because he doesn't understand us
Because it's what God forced him to struggle with
Because of our capacity for kindness and suffering
Because ghosts are so passé
After Liesel steals a book from the bonfire, what does the burning book against Liesel's chest symbolise?
Guilt
Hitler's anti-Semitic rhetoric
Liesel's passion for words
The physical effect words can have
Shame
How is Hans's character developed in Part 4?
His role in World War I is explained.
His "secret life" is revealed.
How he learned accordion is revealed.
On Hitler's birthday, what was burned in the bonfire?
Books
Charcoal
Enemy propaganda
Trash
Firewood
The death of her brother causes Liesel to...
...cry all the time.
...hate her lot in life.
...hate the war.
...have nightmares.
...have severe depression.
Rudy's fight with Franz parallels what other fight in the book?
Liesel vs. Max
Liesel vs. Nazi Party
Max vs. Hitler
Right vs. wrong
Rosa vs. Liesel
The money troubles the Hubermanns experience in Part 2 foreshadow what?
A stock market crash
Nothing
Rosa getting old
The beginning of World War II
The invention of the washing machine
The Nazi party marching down Himmel Street in Part 1 shows
how clean the streets are.
how you can't predict parade routes.
that Himmel Street is not immune to the Nazi Party.
that the residents on that street clap the loudest.
The swastika embroidered on Ilsa's bathrobe symbolizes...
...how far reaching Nazi Party has become.
...Ilsa's feelings about Jewish people.
...Ilsa's poor decorating taste.
...Nazi propaganda.
...the Nazi Party.
Rosa truly hates Liesel.
What essential theme is introduced in the beginning of The Book Thief?
Importance of war
Liesel's struggle with words
Rudy's lack of pride
Uselessness of love
Wrongness of stealing
Who survived the bombing of Himmel Street?
Hans
Max
Nobody
Who witnesses Liesel's theft?
Frau Hermann
The Mayor's wife