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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten, The Book Thief.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Liesel describe the sensation of being burned at the book burning?
(a) As deadening.
(b) As feeling nothing at all.
(c) As painful.
(d) As enlivening.

2. Outside of which building do Rudy and Liesel ice the sidewalk so they can steal a basket of food?
(a) The apple farm.
(b) The market.
(c) The church.
(d) The school.

3. How does the reader know Liesel's brother is sick?
(a) He is moaning.
(b) He is sneezing.
(c) He is sweating.
(d) He is coughing.

4. What ethnicity is the pilot whose plane has crashed near the river?
(a) American.
(b) Canadian.
(c) British.
(d) German.

5. How does the disgruntled card player die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) By a roadside bomb.
(c) By a sniper shot.
(d) In a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is NOT something Frau Hermann leaves on her windowsill for Liesel to collect?

2. Who is the narrator of this novel?

3. Which of the following political parties does Liesel think her mother belonged to?

4. Which of the following customers is Liesel so afraid of that she skips over her house whenever possible?

5. Which of the following units is Hans assigned to in the war?

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