Frage 1
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Why is it ironic that Liesel steals The Gravedigger's Handbook?
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She's been digging graves since she could walk, she doesn't need a handbook
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She's already dead. A la the Sixth Sense.
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She can't read. Makes the whole book thing a little difficult.
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She meant to steal Ditch Digging Handbook.
Frage 2
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Why is Hans conscripted? - Select all correct answers.
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He writes a pop song about Hitler.
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He is the best goose stepper in Germany.
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He paints a full beard on a Hitler poster.
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He fed a Jewish prisoner a piece of bread.
Frage 3
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Why does Hans get to come home? - Select all correct answers.
Frage 4
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Death snags a lock of hair from Liesel after the bombing.
Frage 5
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Who narrates The Book Thief?
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God
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Spongebob Squarepants
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Death
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Liesel Meminger
Frage 6
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Liesel is running away from home at the start of the novel.
Frage 7
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Liesel’s brother dies during the train ride.
Frage 8
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What book is in Liesel’s suitcase when she arrives at the Hubermann’s?
Frage 9
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From where does Liesel steal her second book?
Frage 10
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What prompts Hans to hide Max from the Nazis?
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Hans feels it’s his duty to help as many people escape the Nazis as possible
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He was instructed to do so by a rather specific fortune cookie message
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Max’s father saved Hans’s life during World War I
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He lost a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors
Frage 11
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The Gestapo want Rudy to join the military.
Frage 12
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Liesel calls the story of her life [blank_start]The Sound of Music.[blank_end]
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The Sound of Music.
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Himmel Street Blues.
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The Book Thief.
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Little Women.
Frage 13
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Death gives Liesel [blank_start]her book[blank_end] as she dies.
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her book
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angel's wings
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a pass to Heaven
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his business card
Frage 14
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Where did Max Vandenburg go?
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To Israel
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Home
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He died
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To a concentration camp
Frage 15
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This novel is set [blank_start]before World War I.[blank_end]
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before World War I.
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during World War I.
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before World War II.
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during World War II.
Frage 16
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This novel takes place in the city of [blank_start]Munich.[blank_end]
Frage 17
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Who is the Book Thief?
Frage 18
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How does Death affect the narrative style of this book?
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He allows us to see just how many people die.
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He can be many places simultaneously and 'see' everything.
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He's naturally morbid.
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He has no humour, so we get just how serious this all is.
Frage 19
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What does Death want to prove to himself?
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That he can annihilate an entire race himself.
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That humans are inherently selfish.
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That it's worth it to make an effort for humans.
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That humans will always naturally fail.
Frage 20
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After the war, Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.
Frage 21
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Death steals [blank_start]The Book Thief[blank_end]
Frage 22
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How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?
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We can't; he's not a character
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He orders to have enormous numbers of books burned.
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He steals books from burn piles.
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He hoards books in his library.
Frage 23
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Why is Death "haunted by humans"?
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Because he doesn't understand us
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Because it's what God forced him to struggle with
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Because of our capacity for kindness and suffering
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Because ghosts are so passé
Frage 24
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After Liesel steals a book from the bonfire, what does the burning book against Liesel's chest symbolise?
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Guilt
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Hitler's anti-Semitic rhetoric
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Liesel's passion for words
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The physical effect words can have
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Shame
Frage 25
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How is Hans's character developed in Part 4?
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His role in World War I is explained.
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His "secret life" is revealed.
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How he learned accordion is revealed.
Frage 26
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On Hitler's birthday, what was burned in the bonfire?
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Books
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Charcoal
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Enemy propaganda
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Trash
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Firewood
Frage 27
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The death of her brother causes Liesel to...
Frage 28
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Rudy's fight with Franz parallels what other fight in the book?
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Liesel vs. Max
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Liesel vs. Nazi Party
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Max vs. Hitler
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Right vs. wrong
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Rosa vs. Liesel
Frage 29
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The money troubles the Hubermanns experience in Part 2 foreshadow what?
Frage 30
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The Nazi party marching down Himmel Street in Part 1 shows
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how clean the streets are.
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how you can't predict parade routes.
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that Himmel Street is not immune to the Nazi Party.
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that the residents on that street clap the loudest.
Frage 31
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The swastika embroidered on Ilsa's bathrobe symbolizes...
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...how far reaching Nazi Party has become.
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...Ilsa's feelings about Jewish people.
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...Ilsa's poor decorating taste.
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...Nazi propaganda.
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...the Nazi Party.
Frage 32
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Rosa truly hates Liesel.
Frage 33
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What essential theme is introduced in the beginning of The Book Thief?
Frage 34
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Who survived the bombing of Himmel Street?
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Hans
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Liesel
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Max
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Rudy
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Nobody
Frage 35
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Who witnesses Liesel's theft?
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Frau Hermann
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Hans
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Rudy
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The Mayor's wife