Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you stole something (or wanted to).
 What was this thing?
 Why did you want to steal it?
 Did you steal it or why? If so, why or why not? How did you do it?
 What happened as a result of your thievery?
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Pre-Reading
1) What is the title of your new book?____________________________________________________

2) Who is the author?_________________________________________________________________

3) Based only on the title, the blurb and the picture, what do you think this story might be about?
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4) Where and when does this book take place? How do you think the setting will have an effect on
the characters of the book?
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5) Have you read any other books or seen any films about the Holocaust and the rise of Nazis to
power? How did these circumstances affect the lives of the characters in the book or film? What did
you learn about life for both Jews and non-Jews during World War 2?
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4) Complete the chart based on your own prior knowledge.

What I know about the Holocaust What I would like to know about the Holocaust
Prologue
1) Who is the narrator of The Book Thief?_________________________________________________

2) How do you know this is the narrator? Provide 3 examples from the book that support this.
a) ____________________________________________________________________________
b) ____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
3) The narrator foreshadows 3 major events that will take place later in the novel. What are the
events, and the colors and symbols that they are represented by?
a) ____________________________________________________________________________
b) ____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
4) Why do you think the author chose to have this particular narrator? Explain.

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5) Why do you suppose that Death saw life in terms of color and referred to color in terms of taste?
What tastes would you assign to colors such as red, blue, green, yellow, and purple?
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Name________________________________________________________Date__________________
 The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about an object you have that is of

great importance to you, and that also reminds you of
a place, a time, a memory, a person/people, etc.
 What is this object?
 What is the memory connected to it?
 Why is this so important to you?
 Is it a good or bad memory?

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Part 1 (The Arrival on Himmel Street – The Kiss)

1) What tragedy struck Liesel’s family family while aboard the train?
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2) Why were Liesel and her brother Werner supposed to be placed in foster care in January 1939?
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3) Why was the book about grave digging significant to Liesel? What/who does it represent a
connection to?
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4) What amazes Death about human beings? Why do you think he’s so impressed by this?
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5) Describe what life is like for Liesel in the Hubermann household, with her foster parents.
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6) Why was school a failure for Liesel?
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7) What is the ‘road with yellow stars’. Why does it have that name and what’s going on there?
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8) Irony: Irony refers to the difference between the way things seem to be and the way they are.
What was ironic about the first book that Liesel ‘stole’?
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Directions: Below, complete the compare and contrast chart about Liesel and her friend Rudy.

Liesel Same Rudy

Cause and Effect: What is a cause and effect that has happened so far in The Book Thief? How does
the character's actions affect other people in the story? Explain and be specific.
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Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a real or imagined day in your life in which you use color imagery to describe
the setting and the events that happen, as the author (and the narrator Death) did in the Prologue.
Ex: The day was gray, the color of Europe.
First up is something white. Of the blinding kind.
Next is signature black….it was the darkest moment before the dawn.

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Part One (The Jesse Owens Incident – The Heavyweight Champion of the World)
1) Describe the Jesse Owens incident that Rudy takes part in. Why do you think he did what he did?
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2) Rudy asks his father what it means to be Jewish. How does his father respond to this question?
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3) Foreshadowing: When the author gives a hint as to what will happen later in the story. What is one
event the author has foreshadowed thus far?
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4) Why did Liesel insist on participating in the reading examination? Why did it end in disaster?
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5) How does Liesel react to Ludwig Schmeikl’s teasing?
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6) Personification – a device in which an author grants human qualities to nonhuman objects or
concepts. For example, in this novel, Death is personified and given the qualities of thought and
emotion.
I buckled – I became interested. In the girl. Curiosity got the better of me, and I resigned
myself to stay as long as my schedule allowed, and I watched.

How does the use of personification shape the readers reaction’s to Death? What is surprising or
unexpected about Death?

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7) Why is the narrator’s workload increasing in the beginning of September 1939?
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8) Metaphor: a metaphor is a suggested comparison between two unlike objects. For example:
On the footpath, Liesel stood with her papa and Rudy. Hans Hubermann wore a face with the shades
pulled down.
What is being compared? What does this reveal about Hans Hubermann’s reaction to the Nazi
rally?
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Directions: Complete the chart below based on what you have learned about Liesel.

Respond to….. Liesel

How would you
describe Liesel thus
far?
 Is she a likeable
character? Why or why
not?

What text-self
connection can you
make to either the
book, or Liesel?

Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you very much wanted to read or watch something, but were not
permitted to do so.
 What was it that you wanted to read or watch?
 Why weren’t you given permission to do so?
 Who forbade you?
 Were you ever able to read/watch it? If so, how did it feel when you finally did?

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Part Two (A Girl Made of Darkness – 100 Percent Pure German Sweat)

1) Liesel steals her second book from a book burning. Why is this significant and also, why is the day
she does it important?
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2) Death foreshadows that when Liesel steals The Shoulder Shrug, it gives Hans a plan ‘to help the
Jewish fist fighter’. Make a prediction as to what you think might be revealed later on in regard to this
statement.
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3) How is Hans able to give Liesel a Christmas present? What does he give her?
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4) Why does Rosa decide to risk sending Liesel on the important business of laundry pickup and
delivery?
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5) Why did the Hubermanns avoid any discussion of Liesel’s mother in front of their daughter?
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6) Why does Hans Junior accuse his father of cowardice? What was the ‘mistake’ Papa Hubermann
had committed?
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7) In what ways might Hans Hubermann have been considered a hero and not a coward (as his son
claims)?
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8) Why did the people of Molching hold a bonfire? Why were they burning books?
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9) During the book burning, what shocking realization met Liesel when she listened to the speaker at
the bonfire? What does the speaker say that brings on this realization?
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10) Symbolism – a symbol in literature is a person, object or event that stands for an idea or set of
ideas. What does the book The Grave Digger’s Handbook symbolize? What does Liesel’s completing
the book symbolize for her?
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Flashback and Flash Forward: A flashback is a scene which takes the narrative back to a time before
the current point in the plot. A flash forward reveals what will happen at some future point in the
story. Below, identify three flashbacks and three flash forwards the author has given us so far.
 Flashback Flash Forward

Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you hid from someone or something because you were scared.
 Who or what were you hiding from?
 Where did you hide and why?
 What wound up happening? How did you feel?
 Does that someone or something still scare you? Why or why not? Explain.

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Part Two (The Gates of Thievery - Book of Fire)

Part Three (The Way Home - Enter the Struggler)

The word communist + a large bonfire + a collection of dead letters + the suffering of her mother + the
death of her brother = the Führer (Adolf Hitler).
1) What does this equation inside Liesel’s head show about her? What is she starting to realize is
happening in Germany?
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2) Why does Papa Hubermann slap Liesel? What is he trying to teach/warn her about by doing this?
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3) Why is it important and symbolic that Liesel steals a book that is actually burning? Hint: remember
who lit the books on fire and why.
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4) Who wrote Mein Kampf? Why did Papa Hubermann buy a copy of Mein Kampf?
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5) Why did Liesel's feelings change and did she start looking forward to delivering laundry to the
mayor's house?
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6) Describe who the Jew is and the circumstances he is in at this point. Based on only this chapter,
what do you think Max's plan is?
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7) Who is Max asking 'Please, please' to? Why might he be pleading to someone who isn't even in the
room with him?
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8) Prediction: How do you think Max will figure into the rest of the story? In what ways do you think
Liesel's story and Max's story will connect with one another?
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Directions: Imagine you are Hans or Rosa Humberman and write a journal entry describing your
feelings about Liesel and life in Nazi Germany at this time.

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Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

.
The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you had to go someplace (or travel to) that made you feel nervous, or
scared, or uneasy or suspicious.
 What was this place and why were you going?
 Why did you feel nervous/scared/uneasy/suspicious?
 What happened when you got there? Did your feelings change or stay the same? Explain why.
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Part Three (The Attributes of Summer – The Struggler, Conluded)

1) What do we learn about the mayor’s son? What happened to him in 1918 and what was going on
in the world at that time?
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2) Do you think that the thievery practiced by Rudy, Liesel and the other children was justified? Do
you think they had a right to do this? Explain your answer.
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3) Why did Papa Hubermann buy a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf?
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4) Why did Max Vandenburg read a copy of Mein Kampf on the train? Why is Max amazed by this ?
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5) What do you think is the relationship between Max and Hans Hubermann?
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6) Cliffhanger – an quick end at a moment of heightened tension or suspense. What is the cliffhanger
at the end of part three?
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7) Why is Max where he is at the end of Part Three. How do you think the stories are going to
connect?
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8) Directions: Write a journal entry from the point of view of Max Vandenburg, as he is riding the
train to Molching. What is he thinking and feeling about? What are his fears?

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9) Irony: How is each of Liesel’s book titles an ironic comment on the times? What is ironic about the
title that Max Vandenburg’s book? Keep in mind when and where this books takes place.

Book Title How is this title ironic for the times, and who is carrying them?
 The Gravedigger’s
Handbook

The Shoulder Shrug

Mein Kampf
(My Struggle)
Hitler’s Autobiography
Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you felt like you had to do everything in your power to keep a secret.
 What was the secret? (or don’t say)
 Why was it so important for you to keep it?
 What would have happened if you didn’t?
 Have you still kept it secret?
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Part Four (The Accordionist – Liesel’s Lecture)
1) How did Erik Vandenburg save Hans Hubermann’s life in the first World War?
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2) How was a relationship forged between Hand Hubermann and Erik Vandenburg’s son Max? Why
did Hans feel compelled to help Max?
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3) Character: Do you think Hans was more motivated to help Max for political reasons of his need to
keep a promise? Explain your answer.
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4) Why does Hans’ business go into decline after 1933? Why specifically him?
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5) What is the one thing that ‘will always torture me’, according to Max?
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When a Jew shows up at your place of residence in the early hours of the morning, in the
very birthplace of Nazism, you're likely to experience extreme levels of discomfort. Anxiety,
disbelief, paranoia.
6) What type of qualities did Rosa Hubermann demonstrate after Max’s arrival? Were you surprised
by her behavior under these challenging circumstances? Why or why not?
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7) What will happen to the Hubermann’s (and Liesel probably), if she can’t keep the secret of Max?
Why do you think Han’s threatens to burn Liesel’s books?
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8) Why do you think the narrator provided a flashback to Hans Hubermanns World War I
experiences? What is the purpse for doing this?
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9) Symbolism is a huge part of The Book Thief. Below, identify what each of the items symbolizes;
they are actual items, but what do they really represent?

Item How/where have we seen them so What do they symbolize and really
far? represent? Why do you think that?
 Books

The
Accordion

Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass")

On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the
space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish
businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. This event
came to be called Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") for the
shattered store windowpanes that carpeted German streets.
The pretext for this violence was the November 7
assassination of a German diplomat in Paris, Ernst vom Rath, by
Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish teenager whose parents, along
with 17,000 other Polish Jews, had been recently expelled from
the Reich. Though portrayed as spontaneous outbursts of
popular outrage, these pogroms were calculated acts of
retaliation carried out by the SA, SS, and local Nazi party
organizations.
Stormtroopers killed at least 91 Jews and injured many others. For the first time, Jews were
arrested on a massive scale and transported to Nazi concentration camps. About 30,000 Jews were
sent to Buchenwald, Dachau, and Sachsenhausen, where hundreds died within weeks of arrival.
Release came only after the prisoners arranged to emigrate and agreed to transfer their property to
"Aryans."
Kristallnacht culminated the escalating violence against Jews that began during the
incorporation of Austria into the Reich in March 1938. It also signaled the fateful transfer of
responsibility for "solving" the "Jewish Question" to the SS.

 Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass")

On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of

pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours,
thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes
were damaged or destroyed. This event came to be called
Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") for the shattered store
windowpanes that carpeted German streets. The pretext
for this violence was the November 7 assassination of a German
diplomat in Paris, Ernst vom Rath, by Herschel Grynszpan, a
Jewish teenager whose parents, along with 17,000 other Polish Jews, had been recently expelled
from the Reich. Though portrayed as spontaneous outbursts of popular outrage, these pogroms were
calculated acts of retaliation carried out by the SA, SS, and local Nazi party organizations.
Stormtroopers killed
at least 91 Jews and injured many others. For the first time, Jews were arrested on a massive
scale and transported to Nazi concentration camps. About 30,000 Jews were sent to Buchenwald,
Dachau, and Sachsenhausen, where hundreds died within weeks of arrival. Release came only after
the prisoners arranged to emigrate and agreed to transfer their property to "Aryans."
Kristallnacht culminated
the escalating violence against Jews that began during the incorporation of Austria into the Reich in
March 1938. It also signaled the fateful transfer of responsibility for "solving" the "Jewish Question"
to the SS.

Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you made something special for someone (or vice-versa).
 What was it?
 Why did you make it?
 How did that person react?
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Part Four (The Sleeper – Pages from the Basement)
1) Do you think Hans and Rosa should have required Max to leave after the hand-holding episode
with Liesel? Why or Why not?
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2) How do you think Max’s years of street fighting helped him during the years before and during
World War II?
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3) Why do you think Max created The Standover Man for Liesel?
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4) What materials did Max use to create his book? What is significant about these materials?
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5) Simile:
Sometimes there was humor in Max Vandenburg’s voice, though its physicality was like
friction – like a stone gently rubbed across a large rock.

a) What is being compared?____________________________________________________________

b) Why is this an appropriate comparison?
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6) Why is Max always apologizing to Hans and saying ‘I’m sorry’? Why does he feel this?
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7) Compare and contrast Liesel’s life inside 33 Himmel Street, and outside of it.

Inside 33 Himmell Street Outside in Molching

8) Create your own picture book tribute to a special friend of family member.
Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about an everyday act of heroism that you have witnessed.
 Who was it?
 How did the event unfold?
 What made the actions of the person or people involved heroic?
 Have you ever done something heroic? If so, what and why? Explain.
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Part Five (The Floating Book Part 1 – Rudy’s Youth)

1) Foreshadowing: In the chapter The Floating book, what does Death foreshadow what will happen
later. Why does the narrator do this? Why do Death give the reader this information? What purpose
does it serve?
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2) Why did Liesel scavenge from garbage cans on the days she went on her laundry route? What is
she looking for?
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3) Why was Liesel outraged against the mayor’s wife?
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4) In your opinion, did Ilse Hermann deserve Liesel’s anger?
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5) Why was Tommy Muller punished during the Hitler Youth drill? Why was Rudy Steiner punished
along with him?
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6) Personification:
As the book quivered in her [Liesel’s] lap, the secret sat in her mouth. It made itself
comfortable, its crossed its legs.
What is being personified as Liesel thinks about Max while she is visiting the mayor’s wife? What is
the meaning of this metaphor? What message is it trying to get across?
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7) Symbolism: What did the dream of Max fighting with Hitler symbolize? What does it really mean
for Max?
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8) Writing Activity: Imagine that you are Rudy Steiner and write a letter to Liesel expressing your true
feeling for her.
 Use episodes from the novel upon which to base your letter.

July, 1941

To Liesel,
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Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time when you felt like you should have (but didn’t) spoken up against
someone or something that you felt was wrong or didn’t agree with.
 What was it that made you feel this way?
  Why did you feel it was wrong?
 Why didn’t you speak up?
 If you had to do over again, would you act the same way or differently now?
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Part Five (The Losers - The Floating Book Part 2)

1) Why did Lisa and Rudy feel compelled to commit a significant robbery by themselves?
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2) What evidence showed that almost all of the German population was suffering under the Nazi
regime?
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3) Who gives Liesel her nickname? Why is that name particularly fitting for Liesel?

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4) As it is mentioned in the chapter title, what are the three acts of stupidity by Rudy?

a) _____________________________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
5) What is Rudy’s first ‘victory’? Why is this win so important to him?

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 Of Rudy, Death says, "He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never
ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them".

6) Foreshadowing: What does Death foreshadow in the above sentence? Why does the author do
this? What is the purpose of cluing the reader in on what happens later?

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7) Predictions: Write your predictions in response to each of the following questions:

Question Your Prediction

Will Rosa and Hans
survive the war? If so,
how?

Will the Nazis capture

Max? If so, how?

Will Liesel accidentally

betray the presence of
Max in the Hubermann
home? If so, how?

Will Rudy turn out to be a

heroic figure? If so, how?

Will there be serious

consequences from
Liesel’s last encounter
with the mayor’s wife? If
so, in what way?
Name________________________________________________________Date__________________

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about the worst illness you have ever had.
 What type of illness did you have?
 How long did it last? What were the symptoms?
 Did it ever feel like the illness would never leave your body?
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Part Six: (Death’s Diary: 1942 – Death’s Diary: Cologne)

 Death is extremely overworked in 1942. Death is busy like in ‘79, like 1346’.
 79 is a very long time ago. One reason Death might have been working overtime is the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroyed the city and people of Pompeii. In 1346 Death
would have been busy with victims of the bubonic plague, in which about 25 million people
(50-60% of the population of Europe).

1) According to Death, what does Death look like? And how can we see Death?
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2) What are the three main issues that are keeping Death so busy in 1942?
a) ____________________________________________________________________________
b) ____________________________________________________________________________
c) _____________________________________________________________________________
3) Why do you think Rosa Hubermann always wanted to appear tough and unemotional?
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4) How does Max get sick? Who does Rosa blame for this, and who does Hans blame? Who or what
would you blame for Max getting sick?
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5) Why do you think Liesel was able to enter the mayor’s house with ease and rob books each time?
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6) Simile – What is being compared in the following passage?
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…she [Liesel] stood on Munich Street and watched a single giant cloud come over the hills like
a white monster….The sun was eclipsed, and in its place, a white beast with a gray heart
watched the town.

7) Why is this more effective than saying, ‘a cloud crossed the sky’?
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8) Cliffhanger – What is the cliffhanger at the end of page 324?
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9) Symbolism – What was the symbolic importance of the last book Liesel obtained, The Dream
Carrier?
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10) Directions: Create your own visual of what you think Death looks like, based on The Book Thief
and the fact that Death is the narrator of the book.

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By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you had to hide yourself (or someone else, or something), otherwise you
would have gotten in serious trouble.
 Why did you have to hide yourself or another?
 Where did you or the other hide?
 What wound up happening? Was the hiding place discovered?
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Part Six: (The Visitor) – Part Seven: (The Trilogy)

1) Why are the NSDAP (Nazi Party) coming around the everyone’s house? What is their purpose?
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2) Where is Max during this time? What would happen to Max, Liesel and the Hubermann’s if Max
is/was discovered?
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3) Max says of the scissors, "I wouldn't have used them.… I'm so sorry I put you through that". What
is Max referring to here? What wouldn’t he have used the scissors for, according to him?
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 Many Jewish people were gassed with Zyklon B, after being told they were entering shower
facilities.
o Death takes the souls of the Jews "out of the shower facilities" and out into "eternity".
o It makes Death cold to remember, and Death "[tries] to de-realize it".
4) What do you think he manes by ‘de-realize’?
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5) Of the dead Death takes this day, Death says, "They were French, they were Jews, they were you".
What does Death mean by this statement, particularly the ‘you’ part?
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6) Why do you suppose Rudy got himself disqualified from the final race of the day and then left his
medals behind?

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7) How does the mayor’s wife (Ilsa) communicate with Liesel? Why isn’t she mad at Liesel for stealing
the books? What does she also offer Liesel?

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Directions: Imagine that you are a reporter for a foreign newspaper and interview Max while he is in
hiding in the Hubermann’s basement. Write some questions you might ask him about his past
experiences, current state of mind, and expectations for the future.

Your Question How you think Max would respond.

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The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you needed to leave a place because you knew it wasn’t safe for you.
 Where was this place?
 Why wasn’t it safe? What would have happened if you stayed there?
  Where did you go?
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Part Seven: (The Sound of Sirens – The Idiot and the Coat Man)

1) Why didn’t Death feel sympathy for the Germans who hid in their basements during the air raid?
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2) Why did the possible bombings of Molching place Max in particular danger?
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3) What service did Liesel perform during the second air raid on Molching?
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4) Why did Max have to leave 33 Himmel Street?
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5) Why was Hans Hubermann guilt-ridden days after the incident at the march?
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6) Why might Death have agreed with Hans Hubermann that his act of compassion was ‘stupid’?
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7) Personification: What is being personified as Liesel contemplates the glorious summer with Pap
that is coming to an end?
The brightness had shown suffering the way.
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8) Irony: Why is it ironic that a book helped the Germans live through the second air raid in Molching?
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9) More Irony – Why is it ironic that Hans suffered feelings of guilt after giving the dying Jewish man a
piece of bread?
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Directions: Imagine that you are Max and are able to write a letter to the family that has sheltered
you before you decided to flee. Express your gratitude to the Hubermann’s, your special fondness for
Liesel, and your criticism of Nazi Germany as it appeared in Molching.

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 The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time when you were trying to do

something nice for someone else, but it worked out terribly
and completely the opposite of how you thought it would.
 What were you trying to do and for whom?
 How did you think it was going to work out?
 How did it turn out in the end? Why do you think
this happened?

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Part Eight: (Dominoes and Darkness – The Collector)

1) Why did the ‘coat men’ visit Alex Steiner’s house?

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2) Why was Rudy selected for examination by the Nazi Medical authorities? What was ironic about his
selection?
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3) Symbolism: What do the crashing of the dominoes symbolize? (Equate it to what is going on in the
Steiner kitchen at this time).
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4) Death says that everybody in Nazi Germany gets some kind of punishment. Both Hans Hubermann
and Alex Steiner are drafted into the Nazi army.
o Why is Hans Hubermann’s ‘punished’?_____________________________________________
o Why is Alex Steiner ‘punished’?___________________________________________________
5) What does this say about the state of Germany in World War II, and the fact that drafted two older
men. How is the war progressing for them?
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6) How did Hans Hubermann’s job in the German army suit him?
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7) Why do you think Hans’ letters home were so brief?
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8) Personification: What is being personified in the following passage?
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Even when they made it around the corner, away from the center of the
wreckage, the haze of the collapsed building attempted to follow. It was
white and warm, and it crept behind them.

Why is this better than saying, ‘smoke from the collapsed buildings filled the air’?
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Directions: Provide three examples in which you consider the saying ‘No good deed goes
unpunished’. How does this saying relate to this section of The Book Thief? Provide some examples.

Example How this relates to the saying ‘No good deed

goes unpunished’.
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By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write your own fictional short story that contains

a message (for instance, a moral or lesson) for the reader.

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Part Eight: (The Bread Eater’s – The Anarchist’s Suit Collection)

1) Why did Liesel and Rudy go to observe the third march of the Jews to Dachau?
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2) Why did Liesel take Rudy to his father’s abandoned shop on Christmas night?
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3) Why do you think Liesel did not take the opportunity to kiss Rudy inside his father’s shop?
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4) What do you think Max’s book revealed about the power of words?
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5) How might words might represent both beauty and evil?
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6) What message do you think Max’s story was trying to get across?
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Allegory: an allegory is a work in which characters, events, or settings symbolize, or represent,
something else. Max’s illustrated story for Liesel is allegorical because the events and actions are
symbolic and not intended to be taken literally. For instance:

Soon, the demand for the lovely ugly words and symbols
increased to such a point that the forests grew. Many
people were needed to maintain them. Some were
employed to climb the trees and throw the words down
to those below. They were then fed directly into the
remainder of the Fuhrer’s people, not to mention those
who came back for more.

7) How do the words and symbols that sprout from these trees relate to the political situation in
Hitler’s Germany?
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8) Directions: Add one additional illustration and caption of your own to Max’s The Wordshaker.
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The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you face a fear of yours, but did not back down.
 What was the fear?
 What had made you so afraid of this fear in the past?
 How did you overcome this fear, and not back down?
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Part Nine: (The Next Temptation – Homecoming)

1) What disturbing news did Michael Holtzapfel bring to Himmel Street? Why did this news devastate
Rosa Hubermann as well as his own mother?
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2) Why do you think Michael Holtzapfel killed himself?
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3) Why did Hans Hubermann change seats on the military vehicle?
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4) Why was Hans Hubermann allowed to return home?
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5) Do you think that Rudy and Liesel tried to aid the downed ‘enemy’ pilot?
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“She did not back away or try to fight me, but I know that
something told the girl I was there…she knew me and she looked
me in my face and she did not look away….we both moved on.”

6) What did Death mean when he commented about Liesel as she observed the dying survivor of the
plane crash?
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7) Metaphor: What is being compared in the following passages that described Michael Hotzapfel’s
wound?
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A bandaged hand fell out of his coat sleeve and cherries of blood
were seeping through the wrapping…the cherries of blood had
grown into plums.

a) Why is it better than just saying that ‘his hand bled’?

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8) Irony: What is ironic about the death of Reinhold Zucker?
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Literary Characterization: How would you characterize death as he appears in the novel? Select five
adjectives that epitomize this character and give an example of his commentary that illustrates each
character trait.

Character Trait Example that illustrates each trait

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The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a time you said goodbye to someone you thought you would see again, but
never did.
 Who was it that you said goodbye to?
 Why was it the last time you saw him or her?
 Are you left with any feeling about having never seen him or her again? Explain.
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Part Ten: (The End of the World [Part One] – Ilsa Hermann’s Little Black Book)
1) Death is giving away the end of the story. First, it will be "raining on Himmel Street when the world
ends for Liesel Meminger". Based on the author’s language, make a prediction about what will
happen.
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2) Dramatic Irony: Death asks, "No one would bomb a place named after heaven, would they?"
What is ironic about this statement?
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3) Metaphor:
“…..I looked up and saw the tin-can planes. I watched their
stomachs open and the bombs drop casually out”.
What two comparisons are being made in the above passage?
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4) Why does Michale Holtzapfel do what he does?
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5) Why did Liesel attend each time Jews were marched through Molching?
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6) Do you think those who observed Liesel’s whipping at the hands of the German soldiers should
have offered their help? Why or why not? Explain.
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7) How does Rudy save Liesel’s life?
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8) Foreshadowing: Death tells us, "She [is] saying goodbye and she didn't even know it"….what
reaction does this invoke in you? What does the author foreshadow this event? Does it affect how
you feel about Liesel and/or Rudy? Explain.
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9) How did Ilsa Hermann inspire Liesel to write her own story?
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Literary Device: Foreshadowing
Identify 3 events that the author has foreshadowed for the short remainder of the book. For each,
describe what you believe will cause the those events. The first event has been filled in.

Foreshadowed Event What do you think will cause this event?

Rudy’s death

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By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Without knowing how The Book Thief ends, imagine you
are the narrator, Death, and write the final page of the novel.
 How does the story end?
 Who survives?
 What happens in the future, if they have a future?

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Part Ten: (The Rib-Cage Planes – The Handover Man)

1) What did Liesel realize when she found Rudy’s body? How did she attempt to reach him?
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2) Who took care of Liesel after she was orphaned for the second time? Why do you think this person
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3) Toward the end of the book, how had Liesel developed a love-hate relationship with words? Why?
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4) What were the qualities that Hans Hubermann possessed that made Death consider him on of the
best of men? Explain.
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5) Whose death had the greatest effect upon you? Why? Explain your reasoning.
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6) Who was the unexpected survivor of the war? How did this person survive?
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7) Why do you suppose the narrator did not reveal what happened to Liesel in the years between her
reunion with Max and the time of her death? What is the author’s purpose in leaving this information
out of the story?
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8) Symbolism – What Christian symbolism surrounded the figure of Max? In what ways was Max a
Christ-like figure?
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9) Directions: Imagine you are writing a sequel to The Book Thief. Below, write the blurb for a sequel
that tells what happens to Liesel in the years between her reunion with Max and her death many
years later. Imagine what might have happened to Liesel during this long period of time.

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 The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak

Do Now: Write about a story you’ve read that had a

completely different ending from the one you
envisioned it having.
 What was the book or story?
 How did it end?
 How did you think it was going to end?
 Did you prefer the author’s ending, or the
one you had envisioned while reading.

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Post-Reading Reflection
1) Why do you think the novel was title The Book Thief?
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2) Why did Liesel steal books? Was she a thief? What did the books mean to her?
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3) If you had to choose a different title for the novel, what would it be? Why that title?
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4) Why did the author choose Death as the narrator of the story? Did you like the fact that Death was
telling the story? How would you describe Death as a story teller?
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5) Why do you think the author had you witness the Holocaust through the eyes of ordinary German
citizens? Why were there no heroes or villains (except for Hitler) portrayed in the book?
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6) Art Connection: Create an illustration, as Max did, that tells in simple language and line drawings
about someone you admire. Below, explain who you picture is of, why you chose that person, etc.
 7) Did you identify with Liesel in any way? Do you
identify with any other character? How, in what
ways? Or, why didn’t you? Explain.

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8) Do you think the characters and the way they spoke were presented in a realistic manner? Why or
why not? Explain.
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9) Which character did you admire the most? Explain why.

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10) Which character did you admire the least? Explain why.
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11) Symbolism: Trace the symbol of the accordion throughout the book.
a) Under what circumstances did Hans acquire the accordion?
b) How did he use it during his lifetime?
c) How did it survive his death?
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12) If you could have a discussion with Markus Zuska, the author of this book, what two questions
would you ask him?
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13) If you were to choose one moment in the book that you found most moving (or the best), what
would it be? Why that moment?
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14) Above, color in how many stars you would rate The Book Thief. Below: Overall, explain what you
thought about The Book Thief. What did you like or dislike? Be specific.
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