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The Book Thief Novel Test - Trimester 1
Novel Test
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English
8th Grade
11/16/2014

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What were the colors symbolic of in The Book Thief?
Definition
The people who have died
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First Book Liesel stole
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The Grave Digger's Handbook
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Which event does Liesel connect her first book acquisition with
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her brother's death
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Number of times Hans Hubermann escaped Death
Definition
2
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Death tells the reader that Himmel Street means heaven. What type of irony is this
Definition
Verbal Irony
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Death tells the reader, "The book thief had struck for the first time-the beginning of an illustrious career"(29). What literary device is this?
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foreshadowing
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On the Fuhrer (Hitler's) birthday what did citizens do
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burn their books
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When Liesel first arrives at her new home what does she refuse to do
Definition
bathe
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What does Mrs. Holzapfel do every time she passes the Hubermann house
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spits at the doorway
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Who painted himself black and acted like Jesse Owens
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Rudy
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Instead of being further punished for tossing bread to the marching Jews - Hans Hubermann finally
Definition
gets accepted into the Nazi party.
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What is a Watschen
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a hiding - a beating
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Who gives Liesel a hiding
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Sister Maria
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Who gave Hans his accordian
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his ARMY BUDDY - Eric Vandenberg, Max's dad
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When Hans Junior and Trudy came home for Christmas what was the mood
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Tense
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Liesel steals her second book from
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a burning pile of books
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When Hans Hubermann needs to buy something extra he will
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trade cigarette's - that is how he got Liesel's books.
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Liesel steals laundry money so she can
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buy postage stamps to mail letters to her moom
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"She was a girl with a mountain to climb"(86). Is an example of what literary device
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Foreshadowing
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Who does Liesel blame for her missing parents, brothers death, and parents poverty?
Definition
Hitler
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Rudy is always asking Liesel for a
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kiss
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Liesel avoids going to the Mayor's house to get the laundry because
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the Mayor's wife saw Liesel steal a book
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Who has nightmares about boxing against Der Fuhrer
Definition
Max
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Which two characters have nightmares
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Liesel and Max
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Liesel describes the weather and Max paints it on the basement wall - one example
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he painted "a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun is like a yellow hole. . ."
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What is the only thing Liesel knows about her father
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he is a communist
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Mein Kampf translates to
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My Struggle
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When Frau Hermann offers Liesel a book as a gift
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Liesel refuses the book
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When Frau Hermann fires Rosa Liesel calls her
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pathetic
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Viktor Chemmel does not like or respect Liesel
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because of her gender
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When Frau Hermann realizes Liesel is stealing from her she is
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saddened
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Rudy does not want this person to see him fail
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his Hitler Youth division leader
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This person calls Liesel SAUMENSCH
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Rosa Huberman
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Erik Vanderburg
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Saved Hans life during World War 1
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This person joins Liesel on her routes to pick up laundry
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Rudy
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The secret police
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Gestapo
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Hans Huberman
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teaches Liesel to read and write
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Frau Dille
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Aryan shopkeeper
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BDM
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Hitler's Youth group for girls
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The name of the book that was floating down the Amper River
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The Whistler
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A prologue is
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an introduction
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What character does NOT get up in the middle of the night for the air raid sirens.
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Max
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Death, the narrator is able to think, talk, and interact - this is known as
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personification
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The name of the book Max made for Liesel's birthday
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The Standover Man
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Death is narrating the story as
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first person omniscient
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Identify who did the following: "It was November 3, and the floor of the train held on to his feet. In front of him, he read from the copy off Mein Kampf (157)"
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Max Vanderburg
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"What she did remember was that one of the picture books had a name written clumsily on the inside cover (145)" Whose name was written in the book?
Definition
Johann Hermann
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This quote is an example of what literary device: "He had nothing to give but maybe Mein Kampf, and there was no way he would give such propaganda to a young girl. That would be like the lamb handing the knife to the butcher" (221).
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Simile
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