View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Shoulder Shrug.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Liesel struggle in school?
(a) Because she cannot spell.
(b) Because she has no friends.
(c) Because she cannot read.
(d) Because she cannot do math.

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

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

4. To which German city is Liesel being relocated by the foster care system?
(a) Stuttgard.
(b) Munich.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Berlin.

5. Which body part does Liesel's school friend break while attending the book burning?
(a) His ankle.
(b) His nose.
(c) His neck.
(d) His arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosa react when she realizes Liesel is stealing from her?

2. What does Rosa do for a living?

3. Where does Liesel sit and wait for Hans to come and pick her up from the book burning?

4. How are Liesel and her brother traveling to the foster care system?

5. What part of her body is burned when Liesel steals a copy of "The Shoulder Shrug"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 277 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample