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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Shoulder Shrug.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa do for a living?
(a) She is a laundress.
(b) She is a seamstress.
(c) She is a factory worker.
(d) She is a midwife.

2. Why is Rosa fired by various customers while Liesel is learning how to read?
(a) Because she is terrible at her job.
(b) Because customers don't approve of Liesel's education.
(c) Becuase she has been caught stealing.
(d) Because of the declining economy.

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

4. Where does Liesel sit and wait for Hans to come and pick her up from the book burning?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At the church.
(c) At the school.
(d) At the library.

5. From where does the shadow witness Liesel stealing a book from the bonfire?
(a) From atop a building.
(b) From an allyway.
(c) From a window.
(d) From a passing automobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Liesel steal money from Rosa?

2. How are Liesel and her brother traveling to the foster care system?

3. Which of the following characters teaches Liesel how to read?

4. What does Hans sell in order to buy Liesel two new books?

5. How does Liesel feel about the scheduled book burning?

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