1. The Book Thief
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Plot
Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Themes
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3. Characters– 100 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Liesel’s best friend who loves Jesse Owens
ANSWER:
Rudy Steiner

4. Characters– 200 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This man hid in the Hubermann’s basement
ANSWER:
Max Vandenberg

5. Characters– 300 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The Aryan candy shop owner that patriotically obeys the Nazi Regime.
ANSWER:
Frau Diller

6. Characters– 400 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Taught Hans to play the accordion.
ANSWER:
Erik Vandenberg

7. Characters– 500 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This man felt guilty for living after his brother’s death in the war.
ANSWER:
Michael Holtzapfel

8. Plot– 100 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Where is the setting of the novel?
Molching, Germany; Himmel Street

9. Plot– 200 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the first book that Max makes for Leisel?
ANSWER:
The Standover Man

10. Plot– 300 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the significance of the Jesse Owens incident?
ANSWER:
It shows Rudy’s innocence toward those rejected by the Nazi party.

11. Plot– 400 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What were Rudy’s three mistakes?
Stealing the largest potato, antagonizing Franz Deutscher, and not attending Hitler Youth meetings

12. Plot– 500 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What does Rudy leave for the dying pilot and where does he put it?
ANSWER:
Rudy leaves a teddy bear on his shoulder.

13. Figurative Language – 100 Points
QUESTION:
“I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases” (336).
ANSWER:
Simile

14. Figurative Language – 200 Points
QUESTION:
“His tie is a pendulum, long and dead in its clock” (267).
ANSWER:
Metaphor

15. Figurative Language – 300 Points
QUESTION:
She sang a song, but it was so quiet that Liesel could not make it out. The notes were born on her breath, and they died at her lips” (374)
ANSWER:
Personification

16. Figurative Language – 400 Points
QUESTION:
“Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out” (537).
ANSWER:
Metaphor

17. Figurative Language – 500 Points
QUESTION:
In the words of Rudy’s youngest sisters, there were two monsters sitting in the kitchen” (407).
ANSWER:
Hyperbole

18. Literary Elements– 100 Points
QUESTION:
What is ironic about the name Himmel street?
ANSWER:
The literal definition of Himmel is “heaven” however life on Himmel St. not heavenly.

19. Literary Elements– 200 Points
QUESTION:
Why is it ironic that Max was called “The Struggler”
ANSWER:
Max’s struggle for survival is due to Hitler’s “struggle” that he outlines in Mein Kampf.

20. Literary Elements– 300 Points
QUESTION:
What is a symbol of safety from the novel?
ANSWER:
The Hubermann’s basement.

21. Literary Elements– 400 Points
QUESTION:
What was ironic about Leisel’s survival?
ANSWER:
The basement was considered too shallow in the event of a bombing, however, Leisel survives in the basement.

22. Literary Elements– 500 Points
QUESTION:
What is symbolic about Max depicting himself as a bird in The Standover Man?
ANSWER:
Max is figuratively “caged” in the basement; however, he feels free in his relationship with Leisel.

23. Themes– 100 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the main theme in The Word Shaker?
ANSWER:
The power of words

24. Themes– 200 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Which theme does Liesel’s love-hate relationship with words represent?
ANSWER:
The power of words to help or to harm.

25. Themes– 300 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The following quote exemplifies which theme of the novel? “I wanted to tell the book thief many things about beauty and brutality….I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant” (550).
ANSWER:
The kindness and cruelty of humans

26. Themes– 400 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The characters Hans Hubermann, Max Vandenberg, and Michael Holtzapfel represent which theme
ANSWER:
Guilt of living

27. Themes– 500 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is Zusak attempting to say about criminality throughout the novel?
ANSWER:
One must steal and break the law in order to maintain a basic way of life.