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General Knowledge Quiz on The Book Thief

General Knowledge Quiz on The Book Thief

Question 1 of 35

1

Why is it ironic that Liesel steals The Gravedigger's Handbook?

Select one of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 2 of 35

1

Why is Hans conscripted? - Select all correct answers.

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 3 of 35

1

Why does Hans get to come home? - Select all correct answers.

Select one or more of the following:

  • He broke his leg.

  • He has flat feet.

  • He sang too much.

  • He sneezes at inopportune times.

Explanation

Question 4 of 35

1

Death snags a lock of hair from Liesel after the bombing.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 35

1

Who narrates The Book Thief?

Select one of the following:

  • God

  • Spongebob Squarepants

  • Death

  • Liesel Meminger

Explanation

Question 6 of 35

1

Liesel is running away from home at the start of the novel.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 35

1

Liesel’s brother dies during the train ride.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 35

1

What book is in Liesel’s suitcase when she arrives at the Hubermann’s?

Select one of the following:

  • The Gravedigger’s Handbook

  • War and Peace

  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

  • The Book Thief

Explanation

Question 9 of 35

1

From where does Liesel steal her second book?

Select one of the following:

  • Adolf Hitler’s personal library

  • A bookstore

  • A burning pile of books

  • School

Explanation

Question 10 of 35

1

What prompts Hans to hide Max from the Nazis?

Select one of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 11 of 35

1

The Gestapo want Rudy to join the military.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 35

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

Liesel calls the story of her life ( The Sound of Music., Himmel Street Blues., The Book Thief., Little Women. )

Explanation

Question 13 of 35

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

Death gives Liesel ( her book, angel's wings, a pass to Heaven, his business card ) as she dies.

Explanation

Question 14 of 35

1

Where did Max Vandenburg go?

Select one of the following:

  • To Israel

  • Home

  • He died

  • To a concentration camp

Explanation

Question 15 of 35

1

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

This novel is set ( before World War I., during World War I., before World War II., during World War II. )

Explanation

Question 16 of 35

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

This novel takes place in the city of

Explanation

Question 17 of 35

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Who is the Book Thief?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hitler

  • Death

  • Liesel

  • Rudy

Explanation

Question 18 of 35

1

How does Death affect the narrative style of this book?

Select one of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 19 of 35

1

What does Death want to prove to himself?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 20 of 35

1

After the war, Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 35

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Death steals

Explanation

Question 22 of 35

1

How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 23 of 35

1

Why is Death "haunted by humans"?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 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

Explanation

Question 24 of 35

1

After Liesel steals a book from the bonfire, what does the burning book against Liesel's chest symbolise?

Select one of the following:

  • Guilt

  • Hitler's anti-Semitic rhetoric

  • Liesel's passion for words

  • The physical effect words can have

  • Shame

Explanation

Question 25 of 35

1

How is Hans's character developed in Part 4?

Select one or more of the following:

  • His role in World War I is explained.

  • His "secret life" is revealed.

  • How he learned accordion is revealed.

Explanation

Question 26 of 35

1

On Hitler's birthday, what was burned in the bonfire?

Select one of the following:

  • Books

  • Charcoal

  • Enemy propaganda

  • Trash

  • Firewood

Explanation

Question 27 of 35

1

The death of her brother causes Liesel to...

Select one of the following:

  • ...cry all the time.

  • ...hate her lot in life.

  • ...hate the war.

  • ...have nightmares.

  • ...have severe depression.

Explanation

Question 28 of 35

1

Rudy's fight with Franz parallels what other fight in the book?

Select one of the following:

  • Liesel vs. Max

  • Liesel vs. Nazi Party

  • Max vs. Hitler

  • Right vs. wrong

  • Rosa vs. Liesel

Explanation

Question 29 of 35

1

The money troubles the Hubermanns experience in Part 2 foreshadow what?

Select one of the following:

  • A stock market crash

  • Nothing

  • Rosa getting old

  • The beginning of World War II

  • The invention of the washing machine

Explanation

Question 30 of 35

1

The Nazi party marching down Himmel Street in Part 1 shows

Select one of the following:

  • 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.

Explanation

Question 31 of 35

1

The swastika embroidered on Ilsa's bathrobe symbolizes...

Select one or more of the following:

  • ...how far reaching Nazi Party has become.

  • ...Ilsa's feelings about Jewish people.

  • ...Ilsa's poor decorating taste.

  • ...Nazi propaganda.

  • ...the Nazi Party.

Explanation

Question 32 of 35

1

Rosa truly hates Liesel.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 35

1

What essential theme is introduced in the beginning of The Book Thief?

Select one of the following:

  • Importance of war

  • Liesel's struggle with words

  • Rudy's lack of pride

  • Uselessness of love

  • Wrongness of stealing

Explanation

Question 34 of 35

1

Who survived the bombing of Himmel Street?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hans

  • Liesel

  • Max

  • Rudy

  • Nobody

Explanation

Question 35 of 35

1

Who witnesses Liesel's theft?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Frau Hermann

  • Hans

  • Rudy

  • The Mayor's wife

Explanation

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