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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 library.
(d) At the school.

3. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Love.
(b) Fate.
(c) Death.
(d) Hope.

4. What inanimate object does Max credit with saving his life?
(a) A tennis shoe.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A book.

5. Which of the following mysterious characters is described as living in the dark shadows of Stuttgart?
(a) A young man.
(b) An old man.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A young woman.

6. Which of the following tools does Max use to keep records of his emotions in the journal?
(a) Paint.
(b) An inkpen.
(c) Crayons.
(d) A pencil.

7. When the mysterious character living in the shadows is brought food and keys, which character is the mystery character urged to locate?
(a) Rudy Steiner.
(b) Hans Hubermann.
(c) Liesel Meminger.
(d) Max Vandenberg.

8. What ethnicity was Erik Vandenberg?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He was Swedish.
(c) He was Canadian.
(d) He was German.

9. Which book does Liesel spend all of her time reading during her first summer with the Hubermann family?
(a) The Nose Twitch.
(b) The Leg Cramp.
(c) The Stomach Ache.
(d) The Shoulder Shrug.

10. Which of the following characters stands up for Tommy Muller when he is being abused?
(a) Liesel.
(b) Max.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Hans.

11. Why is Hans Jr. embarrassed to be seen with his father?
(a) Because his father is an atheist when it is fashionable to be Catholic.
(b) Because his father has not yet joined the Nazi party.
(c) Because his father aligns himself with Hitler.
(d) Because his father is uneducated and illiterate.

12. Which sport does Max regularly dream he is participating in with Adolf Hitler?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Rowing.

13. What did Hans give to Erik Vandenberg's widow with the hopes of being able to help her family one day?
(a) His phone number.
(b) His social security card.
(c) His address.
(d) His photograph.

14. What part of her body is burned when Liesel steals a copy of "The Shoulder Shrug"?
(a) Her fingertips.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her ribs.
(d) Her back.

15. How many soldiers survived the battle Hans Hubermann sat out during WWI?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liesel purchase with the coin she finds on the street outside Frau Dillard's house?

2. What object does Liesel regularly fish out of the trash bins to bring home to Max?

3. How did Erik Vandenberg's widow react when Hans brought her husband's instrument home to her?

4. How does Liesel react when she sees Frau Hermann's library?

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

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