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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 adjectives does Liesel use to describe the process of mixing paint?
(a) Dizzying.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Misleading.

2. During their only Christmas together, what does Liesel give to Rudy as a gift?
(a) A ring.
(b) A teddy bear.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A suit.

3. Who is the first character to see the fire in the distance upon emerging from the air raid shelter?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Liesel.
(c) Michael.
(d) Rudy.

4. What does Rudy hear when he eavesdrops on the conversation between the Nazi party and his parents?
(a) That his father is being drafted into the military.
(b) That his mother is going to jail.
(c) Rudy does not eavesdrop on the conversation.
(d) That Hitler has been assassinated.

5. Who is Rudy most terrified of seeing him fail?
(a) His parents.
(b) His Hitler Youth division leader.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Liesel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Rudy and Liesel break into the mayor's house?

2. How does the disgruntled card player die?

3. Which of the following items is NOT something Liesel gives to Max hoping it will heal him from his sickness?

4. What excuse does Rudy give the shopkeeper when he is caught stealing apples from the market?

5. In what month of the year does Hans return home from the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hans punished for giving the starving Jew a piece of bread?

2. What fear does Rosa have if Max were to die?

3. How does the Hitler Youth Organization leader treat Rudy when he sees him on the street outside the church?

4. Why does Liesel angrily shout at Frau Hermann in the library of her house?

5. How does Hans narrowly avoid death during the second World War?

6. How does the Hubermann family react during the first air raid drill of the year?

7. What happens when Rudy sees an airplane go down outside the bomb shelter?

8. Why is Max forced to leave the Hubermann house?

9. How does Rudy perform at the summer Hitler Youth carnival?

10. What dream does Max regularly have involving Hitler?

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