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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following customers is Liesel so afraid of that she skips over her house whenever possible?
(a) Frau Hermann.
(b) Frau Hollapfel.
(c) Frau Hubermann.
(d) Frau Hansel.

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

3. How are Liesel and her brother traveling to the foster care system?
(a) By train.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By ship.

4. How does Hans react when he finds out Liesel stole a book from the bonfire?
(a) He forces her to go back and return it.
(b) He never finds out.
(c) He understands why she stole it and does not punish her.
(d) He beats her.

5. Which of the following books does Hans Jr. think is the most valuable book ever written?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Gravedigger's Handbook.
(c) The Shoulder Shrug.
(d) Mein Kampf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Liesel regularly play with the neighborhood kids?

2. Which sport does Max regularly dream he is participating in with Adolf Hitler?

3. Why is Hans Jr. embarrassed to be seen with his father?

4. How does Liesel describe the sensation of being burned at the book burning?

5. As a child, who saved Max from the Gestapo when they were removing Jews from the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Frau Hermann invites LIesel inside her house, what does she show the young girl?

2. Where does Rosa get the idea to send Liesel on all of her sales calls for the laundry business?

3. How is Max greeted by the Hubermann family when he arrives on their doorstep?

4. How does Rudy Steiner express his admiration for Jesse Owens?

5. How did Erik Vandenberg's widow respond when Hans Hubermann came knocking at her door?

6. Why is the relationship between Hans and Hans Jr. strained?

7. Why is Liesel in a train at the opening of the novel?

8. What reaction does Liesel have when she overhears someone use the word "Communist" at the bonfire?

9. What are Liesel's first impressions of Rosa and Hans Hubermann?

10. Whose name is written on the inside covers of the books kept in Frau Hermann's library?

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