The Book Thief
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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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Part 1 (The Arrival on Himmel Street – The Kiss) 1) What tragedy struck Liesel’s family family while aboard the train? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why were Liesel and her brother Werner supposed to be placed in foster care in January 1939? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why was the book about grave digging significant to Liesel? What/who does it represent a connection to? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What amazes Death about human beings? Why do you think he’s so impressed by this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Describe what life is like for Liesel in the Hubermann household, with her foster parents. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Why was school a failure for Liesel? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) What is the ‘road with yellow stars’. Why does it have that name and what’s going on there? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Rudy asks his father what it means to be Jewish. How does his father respond to this question? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why did Liesel insist on participating in the reading examination? Why did it end in disaster? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How does Liesel react to Ludwig Schmeikl’s teasing? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Why is the narrator’s workload increasing in the beginning of September 1939? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Complete the chart below based on what you have learned about Liesel. Respond to….. 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? 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) How is Hans able to give Liesel a Christmas present? What does he give her? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why does Rosa decide to risk sending Liesel on the important business of laundry pickup and delivery? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why did the Hubermanns avoid any discussion of Liesel’s mother in front of their daughter? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Why does Hans Junior accuse his father of cowardice? What was the ‘mistake’ Papa Hubermann had committed? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) In what ways might Hans Hubermann have been considered a hero and not a coward (as his son claims)? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Why did the people of Molching hold a bonfire? Why were they burning books? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why does Papa Hubermann slap Liesel? What is he trying to teach/warn her about by doing this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Who wrote Mein Kampf? Why did Papa Hubermann buy a copy of Mein Kampf? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why did Liesel's feelings change and did she start looking forward to delivering laundry to the mayor's house? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Who is Max asking 'Please, please' to? Why might he be pleading to someone who isn't even in the room with him? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why did Papa Hubermann buy a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why did Max Vandenburg read a copy of Mein Kampf on the train? Why is Max amazed by this ? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What do you think is the relationship between Max and Hans Hubermann? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Cliffhanger – an quick end at a moment of heightened tension or suspense. What is the cliffhanger at the end of part three? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Why is Max where he is at the end of Part Three. How do you think the stories are going to connect? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 The Gravedigger’s Handbook The Shoulder Shrug Mein Kampf (My Struggle) Hitler’s Autobiography How is this title ironic for the times, and who is carrying them? 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Part Four (The Accordionist – Liesel’s Lecture) 1) How did Erik Vandenburg save Hans Hubermann’s life in the first World War? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) How was a relationship forged between Hand Hubermann and Erik Vandenburg’s son Max? Why did Hans feel compelled to help Max? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why does Hans’ business go into decline after 1933? Why specifically him? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What is the one thing that ‘will always torture me’, according to Max? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Why do you think the narrator provided a flashback to Hans Hubermanns World War I experiences? What is the purpse for doing this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Books The Accordion How/where have we seen them so far? What do they symbolize and really represent? Why do you think that? 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) How do you think Max’s years of street fighting helped him during the years before and during World War II? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why do you think Max created The Standover Man for Liesel? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What materials did Max use to create his book? What is significant about these materials? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Why is Max always apologizing to Hans and saying ‘I’m sorry’? Why does he feel this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why did Liesel scavenge from garbage cans on the days she went on her laundry route? What is she looking for? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why was Liesel outraged against the mayor’s wife? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) In your opinion, did Ilse Hermann deserve Liesel’s anger? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Tommy Muller punished during the Hitler Youth drill? Why was Rudy Steiner punished along with him? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Symbolism: What did the dream of Max fighting with Hitler symbolize? What does it really mean for Max? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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, ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Part Five (The Losers - The Floating Book Part 2) 1) Why did Lisa and Rudy feel compelled to commit a significant robbery by themselves? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) What evidence showed that almost all of the German population was suffering under the Nazi regime? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Who gives Liesel her nickname? Why is that name particularly fitting for Liesel? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Predictions: Write your predictions in response to each of the following questions: Question 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? Your Prediction 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why do you think Liesel was able to enter the mayor’s house with ease and rob books each time? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Simile – What is being compared in the following passage? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ …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’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Cliffhanger – What is the cliffhanger at the end of page 324? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Symbolism – What was the symbolic importance of the last book Liesel obtained, The Dream Carrier? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ The Book Thief 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Where is Max during this time? What would happen to Max, Liesel and the Hubermann’s if Max is/was discovered? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Why do you suppose Rudy got himself disqualified from the final race of the day and then left his medals behind? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why did the possible bombings of Molching place Max in particular danger? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) What service did Liesel perform during the second air raid on Molching? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why did Max have to leave 33 Himmel Street? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Hans Hubermann guilt-ridden days after the incident at the march? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Why might Death have agreed with Hans Hubermann that his act of compassion was ‘stupid’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Irony: Why is it ironic that a book helped the Germans live through the second air raid in Molching? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9) More Irony – Why is it ironic that Hans suffered feelings of guilt after giving the dying Jewish man a piece of bread? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ 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? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Part Eight: (Dominoes and Darkness – The Collector) 1) Why did the ‘coat men’ visit Alex Steiner’s house? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why was Rudy selected for examination by the Nazi Medical authorities? What was ironic about his selection? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Symbolism: What do the crashing of the dominoes symbolize? (Equate it to what is going on in the Steiner kitchen at this time). ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) How did Hans Hubermann’s job in the German army suit him? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Why do you think Hans’ letters home were so brief? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Personification: What is being personified in the following passage? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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’. Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Do Now: Write your own fictional short story that contains a message (for instance, a moral or lesson) for the reader. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why did Liesel take Rudy to his father’s abandoned shop on Christmas night? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why do you think Liesel did not take the opportunity to kiss Rudy inside his father’s shop? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What do you think Max’s book revealed about the power of words? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How might words might represent both beauty and evil? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What message do you think Max’s story was trying to get across? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Directions: Add one additional illustration and caption of your own to Max’s The Wordshaker. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why do you think Michael Holtzapfel killed himself? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why did Hans Hubermann change seats on the military vehicle? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why was Hans Hubermann allowed to return home? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Do you think that Rudy and Liesel tried to aid the downed ‘enemy’ pilot? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ “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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Metaphor: What is being compared in the following passages that described Michael Hotzapfel’s wound? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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’? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Irony: What is ironic about the death of Reinhold Zucker? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Dramatic Irony: Death asks, "No one would bomb a place named after heaven, would they?" What is ironic about this statement? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why does Michale Holtzapfel do what he does? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Why did Liesel attend each time Jews were marched through Molching? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7) How does Rudy save Liesel’s life? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9) How did Ilsa Hermann inspire Liesel to write her own story? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Rudy’s death What do you think will cause this event? Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ The Book Thief 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? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Who took care of Liesel after she was orphaned for the second time? Why do you think this person was willing to do this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Toward the end of the book, how had Liesel developed a love-hate relationship with words? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4) What were the qualities that Hans Hubermann possessed that made Death consider him on of the best of men? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Whose death had the greatest effect upon you? Why? Explain your reasoning. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Who was the unexpected survivor of the war? How did this person survive? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Symbolism – What Christian symbolism surrounded the figure of Max? In what ways was Max a Christ-like figure? a)_________________________________________________________________________________ b)_________________________________________________________________________________ c)_________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Title:_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Name________________________________________________________Date__________________ 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. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Post-Reading Reflection 1) Why do you think the novel was title The Book Thief? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why did Liesel steal books? Was she a thief? What did the books mean to her? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3) If you had to choose a different title for the novel, what would it be? Why that title? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 8) Do you think the characters and the way they spoke were presented in a realistic manner? Why or why not? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Which character did you admire the most? Explain why. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Which character did you admire the least? Explain why. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12) If you could have a discussion with Markus Zuska, the author of this book, what two questions would you ask him? a)_________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ b)_________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
