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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Part 2) Flashcards

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1
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What does Liesel vow to never drink again after having some when Hans is paid with it instead of money?

A

Champagne

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2
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Where does Frau Hermann leave a note for Liesel?

A

A dictionary

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3
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During Molching’s first air raid, what does Max do?

A

Looks out the windows

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4
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What does Liesel do during the second air raid to calm herself and others?

A

Reads

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5
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After Hans tries to help a Jewish man and is whipped for it, what does he decide about Max?

A

Max isn’t safe anymore

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After making him strip at school, where do the Nazi soldiers want to take Rudy?

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Nazi training school

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What does Alex do to prevent Rudy from being taken by the Nazis?

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Volunteers in Rudy’s place

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When Hans is drafted, what unit is Hans placed in?

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Air Raid Special Unit

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What do Rudy and Liesel scatter on the street for Jewish prisoners to find?

A

Bread

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10
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In Max’s story, The Word Shaker, where do words come from?

A

They grow on trees

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11
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Which of Frau Holtzapfel’s sons dies in Stalingrad?

A

Robert

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12
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Who dies when he insists that Hans switch places with him on the army truck?

A

Reinhold Zucker

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13
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Who is the second person that Death takes with Liesel nearby?

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The pilot

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14
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What does Rudy give the dying pilot?

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A teddy bear

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What does Frau Holtzapfel’s son, Michael, do when she will not go to the air raid shelter?

A

Leaves her

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Which character does Death not include when he describes the souls on Himmel Street that he will collect?

A

Liesel

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17
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Which character kills himself?

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Michael

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Who gives Liesel a blank book, so she can write her own story?

A

Frau Hermann

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What is Liesel doing when a bomb strikes Holching, killing many of its citizens?

A

Writing

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Where did Liesel pass?

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Sydney, Australia

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After the bombing that kills Hans and Rosa, who takes Liesel home with them?

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The Hermanns

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In 1945, who makes his way to Alex Steiner’s shop and is reunited with Liesel?

A

Max

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23
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After keeping the ashes from the bombing on her skin throughout the victims’ funerals, how does Liesel finally bathe?

A

In the river

24
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In his final words, Death says he is haunted by what?

A

Humans

25
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Where was Markus Zusak born?

A

Australia

26
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Who told Zusak the story that inspired The Book Thief?

A

His mother

27
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Which group of people in Nazi Germany did Zusak want to showcase in his novel?

A

The people who resisted

28
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What was Zusak’s father’s job, which Zusak originally thought he would also do someday?

A

Painter

29
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Which character did Zusak realize had to be rewritten as a more frightened and sympathetic character?

A

Death

30
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Who introduces themselves as the narrator of the novel?

A

Death

31
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What is the name of the town where Liesel goes to live with her new foster parents?

A

Molching

32
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When Max arrives at Hans and Rosa’s house, what do they do with him?

A

Hide him

33
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What do the Nazi soldiers do when Hans gives a piece of bread to a Jewish prisoner?

A

Whip him

34
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Why is Hans sent home from the war?

A

He’s injured

35
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Who is the first adult in the story to win Liesel’s trust?

A

Hans

36
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How does Rosa Hubermann initially come across in the story?

A

Cold and impatient

37
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At the start of the story, why is Ilsa Hermann so unhappy?

A

Her son passed

38
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How does Frau Diller embody the Hitler ideal of a “good” German?

A

She blindly follows orders

39
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How does Liesel initially act when she arrives at the Hubermann’s home?

A

Defensive

40
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What characteristic defines Max’s character to a great degree?

A

His fighting spirit

41
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When Viktor tosses Liesel’s book into the river, what does Rudy do?

A

Jumps to retrieve it

42
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What causes Rudy to change from youthful and innocent to angry and withdrawn?

A

His father is drafted

43
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In Max’s final story for Liesel, what does Hitler use to take over the world?

A

Words

44
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What is the first book Liesel steals?

A

The Grave Digger’s Handbook

45
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When was The Book Thief first published?

A

2006

46
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What are all the books Liesel Meminger steals in her lifetime?

A

-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

47
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When does Death first meet Liesel Meminger?

A

On a train when her brother passes

48
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When does Death’s second meeting with Liesel occur?

A

When bombs fall on the street where she lives

49
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Where is Liesel and her family heading to at the beginning of the book?

A

Munich

50
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How old is Liesel in the beginning of the novel?

A

9 years old

51
Q

What is the BDM?

A

Band of German Girls

52
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Who spits on the Hubermann’s door every time she passes?

A

Frau Holtzapfel

53
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What two tasks does Liesel help Rosa out with at the beginning?

A

-Collect and deliver laundry
-Clean the door every afternoon because of the spit

54
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Why did Alex Steiner disapprove of Rudy going out and imitating Jesse Owens?

A

Because he is a man that the Fuhrer and his followers would not approve of

55
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Why was Liesel placed in the younger classes initially?

A

Because of her inability to read well

56
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Why is Liesel moved up from the younger classes?

A

She has become somewhat of a bully toward the younger students

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