The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Part 2) Flashcards
This deck is intended to help you advance your understanding of themes, characters, events, symbols, etc. in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
What does Liesel vow to never drink again after having some when Hans is paid with it instead of money?
Champagne
Where does Frau Hermann leave a note for Liesel?
A dictionary
During Molching’s first air raid, what does Max do?
Looks out the windows
What does Liesel do during the second air raid to calm herself and others?
Reads
After Hans tries to help a Jewish man and is whipped for it, what does he decide about Max?
Max isn’t safe anymore
After making him strip at school, where do the Nazi soldiers want to take Rudy?
Nazi training school
What does Alex do to prevent Rudy from being taken by the Nazis?
Volunteers in Rudy’s place
When Hans is drafted, what unit is Hans placed in?
Air Raid Special Unit
What do Rudy and Liesel scatter on the street for Jewish prisoners to find?
Bread
In Max’s story, The Word Shaker, where do words come from?
They grow on trees
Which of Frau Holtzapfel’s sons dies in Stalingrad?
Robert
Who dies when he insists that Hans switch places with him on the army truck?
Reinhold Zucker
Who is the second person that Death takes with Liesel nearby?
The pilot
What does Rudy give the dying pilot?
A teddy bear
What does Frau Holtzapfel’s son, Michael, do when she will not go to the air raid shelter?
Leaves her
Which character does Death not include when he describes the souls on Himmel Street that he will collect?
Liesel
Which character kills himself?
Michael
Who gives Liesel a blank book, so she can write her own story?
Frau Hermann
What is Liesel doing when a bomb strikes Holching, killing many of its citizens?
Writing
Where did Liesel pass?
Sydney, Australia
After the bombing that kills Hans and Rosa, who takes Liesel home with them?
The Hermanns
In 1945, who makes his way to Alex Steiner’s shop and is reunited with Liesel?
Max
After keeping the ashes from the bombing on her skin throughout the victims’ funerals, how does Liesel finally bathe?
In the river
In his final words, Death says he is haunted by what?
Humans
Where was Markus Zusak born?
Australia
Who told Zusak the story that inspired The Book Thief?
His mother
Which group of people in Nazi Germany did Zusak want to showcase in his novel?
The people who resisted
What was Zusak’s father’s job, which Zusak originally thought he would also do someday?
Painter
Which character did Zusak realize had to be rewritten as a more frightened and sympathetic character?
Death
Who introduces themselves as the narrator of the novel?
Death
What is the name of the town where Liesel goes to live with her new foster parents?
Molching
When Max arrives at Hans and Rosa’s house, what do they do with him?
Hide him
What do the Nazi soldiers do when Hans gives a piece of bread to a Jewish prisoner?
Whip him
Why is Hans sent home from the war?
He’s injured
Who is the first adult in the story to win Liesel’s trust?
Hans
How does Rosa Hubermann initially come across in the story?
Cold and impatient
At the start of the story, why is Ilsa Hermann so unhappy?
Her son passed
How does Frau Diller embody the Hitler ideal of a “good” German?
She blindly follows orders
How does Liesel initially act when she arrives at the Hubermann’s home?
Defensive
What characteristic defines Max’s character to a great degree?
His fighting spirit
When Viktor tosses Liesel’s book into the river, what does Rudy do?
Jumps to retrieve it
What causes Rudy to change from youthful and innocent to angry and withdrawn?
His father is drafted
In Max’s final story for Liesel, what does Hitler use to take over the world?
Words
What is the first book Liesel steals?
The Grave Digger’s Handbook
When was The Book Thief first published?
2006
What are all the books Liesel Meminger steals in her lifetime?
-The Grave Digger’s Handbook
-The Shoulder Shrug
-Mein Kampf
-The Standover Man
-The Whistler
-The Dream Carrier
-The Complete Duden Dictionary and Thesaures
-The Word Shaker
-The Last Human Stranger
-The Book Thief
When does Death first meet Liesel Meminger?
On a train when her brother passes
When does Death’s second meeting with Liesel occur?
When bombs fall on the street where she lives
Where is Liesel and her family heading to at the beginning of the book?
Munich
How old is Liesel in the beginning of the novel?
9 years old
What is the BDM?
Band of German Girls
Who spits on the Hubermann’s door every time she passes?
Frau Holtzapfel
What two tasks does Liesel help Rosa out with at the beginning?
-Collect and deliver laundry
-Clean the door every afternoon because of the spit
Why did Alex Steiner disapprove of Rudy going out and imitating Jesse Owens?
Because he is a man that the Fuhrer and his followers would not approve of
Why was Liesel placed in the younger classes initially?
Because of her inability to read well
Why is Liesel moved up from the younger classes?
She has become somewhat of a bully toward the younger students
