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General Knowledge Quiz on The Book Thief

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Question 1

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

Question 2

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Why is Hans conscripted? - Select all correct answers.
Answer
  • 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.

Question 3

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Why does Hans get to come home? - Select all correct answers.
Answer
  • He broke his leg.
  • He has flat feet.
  • He sang too much.
  • He sneezes at inopportune times.

Question 4

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Death snags a lock of hair from Liesel after the bombing.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Who narrates The Book Thief?
Answer
  • God
  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Death
  • Liesel Meminger

Question 6

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Liesel is running away from home at the start of the novel.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Liesel’s brother dies during the train ride.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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What book is in Liesel’s suitcase when she arrives at the Hubermann’s?
Answer
  • The Gravedigger’s Handbook
  • War and Peace
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
  • The Book Thief

Question 9

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From where does Liesel steal her second book?
Answer
  • Adolf Hitler’s personal library
  • A bookstore
  • A burning pile of books
  • School

Question 10

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What prompts Hans to hide Max from the Nazis?
Answer
  • 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

Question 11

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The Gestapo want Rudy to join the military.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Liesel calls the story of her life [blank_start]The Sound of Music.[blank_end]
Answer
  • The Sound of Music.
  • Himmel Street Blues.
  • The Book Thief.
  • Little Women.

Question 13

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Death gives Liesel [blank_start]her book[blank_end] as she dies.
Answer
  • her book
  • angel's wings
  • a pass to Heaven
  • his business card

Question 14

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Where did Max Vandenburg go?
Answer
  • To Israel
  • Home
  • He died
  • To a concentration camp

Question 15

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This novel is set [blank_start]before World War I.[blank_end]
Answer
  • before World War I.
  • during World War I.
  • before World War II.
  • during World War II.

Question 16

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This novel takes place in the city of [blank_start]Munich.[blank_end]
Answer
  • Munich.

Question 17

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Who is the Book Thief?
Answer
  • Hitler
  • Death
  • Liesel
  • Rudy

Question 18

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How does Death affect the narrative style of this book?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 19

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What does Death want to prove to himself?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 20

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After the war, Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Death steals [blank_start]The Book Thief[blank_end]
Answer
  • The Book Thief

Question 22

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How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 23

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Why is Death "haunted by humans"?
Answer
  • 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

Question 24

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After Liesel steals a book from the bonfire, what does the burning book against Liesel's chest symbolise?
Answer
  • Guilt
  • Hitler's anti-Semitic rhetoric
  • Liesel's passion for words
  • The physical effect words can have
  • Shame

Question 25

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How is Hans's character developed in Part 4?
Answer
  • His role in World War I is explained.
  • His "secret life" is revealed.
  • How he learned accordion is revealed.

Question 26

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On Hitler's birthday, what was burned in the bonfire?
Answer
  • Books
  • Charcoal
  • Enemy propaganda
  • Trash
  • Firewood

Question 27

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The death of her brother causes Liesel to...
Answer
  • ...cry all the time.
  • ...hate her lot in life.
  • ...hate the war.
  • ...have nightmares.
  • ...have severe depression.

Question 28

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Rudy's fight with Franz parallels what other fight in the book?
Answer
  • Liesel vs. Max
  • Liesel vs. Nazi Party
  • Max vs. Hitler
  • Right vs. wrong
  • Rosa vs. Liesel

Question 29

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The money troubles the Hubermanns experience in Part 2 foreshadow what?
Answer
  • A stock market crash
  • Nothing
  • Rosa getting old
  • The beginning of World War II
  • The invention of the washing machine

Question 30

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The Nazi party marching down Himmel Street in Part 1 shows
Answer
  • 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.

Question 31

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The swastika embroidered on Ilsa's bathrobe symbolizes...
Answer
  • ...how far reaching Nazi Party has become.
  • ...Ilsa's feelings about Jewish people.
  • ...Ilsa's poor decorating taste.
  • ...Nazi propaganda.
  • ...the Nazi Party.

Question 32

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Rosa truly hates Liesel.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 33

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What essential theme is introduced in the beginning of The Book Thief?
Answer
  • Importance of war
  • Liesel's struggle with words
  • Rudy's lack of pride
  • Uselessness of love
  • Wrongness of stealing

Question 34

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Who survived the bombing of Himmel Street?
Answer
  • Hans
  • Liesel
  • Max
  • Rudy
  • Nobody

Question 35

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Who witnesses Liesel's theft?
Answer
  • Frau Hermann
  • Hans
  • Rudy
  • The Mayor's wife
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