“Jeopardy”The Book Thief

“A nation’s culture resides in the heart and in the soul of its people.”-Mahatma Gandhi

Characters Theme Plot Vocab

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2 2 2 2

3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4

5 5 5 5

Character: 1 pointWho was the “book

thief”? And how old was she at the beginning of the book. Is she the protagonist?

Liesel Meminger, 9, yes

Character: 2 pointsWhat does Hans

Hubermann represent in Liesel’s life? What actions show this?

Father figure, He had strong compassion for others, & shows a lot of bravery. He taught her how to read, He sold cigarette to get

money to buy Liesel books.

Character: 3 pointsWhat does Rosa

Hubermann do for a job? And how many people did she do this for?

Washed and ironed clothes for 5 of the wealthier

house holds in Molching.

Character : 4 pointsWhat was the main thing

Hans enjoyed about smoking? Was he a member of the Nazi Party?

Rolling cigarettes, no

Character : 5 pointsWhat did Hans do to earn

a living?

Hans was a painter in the day, but at night he

played the accordion.

Theme: 1 pointWhat are 3 of the major

themes that are in “The Book Thief”

Courage, suffering, Language, Communication, Love,

Literature, Writing, War, Morality, & Identity

Theme: 2 pointsHow is courage shown in

“The Book Thief”?

It take courage for the Huberbanns to take in Max (Jewish boy), It takes courage

for Max to take a the trip to the Hubermans, Max has to have the

courage to trust Hans and his wife, It takes courage to resist laws.

Theme: 3 pointsHow is Hitler’s book used

in the Novel?

Max paints over Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf”. After it dries he writes stories for Liesel over

the paint.

Theme: 4 pointsHow does the novel show

the destruction of writing and literature?

it shows the destruction on writing by the burning of Jewish books and writing pieces, during the

book burning for Hitler’s birthday

Theme: 5 pointsWhat does love focus on

in “ The Book Thief”?

Characters who are learning to love in the

face of hatred

Plot: 1 pointWhat is the exposition?

Liesel meeting her foster family, she takes immediately liking to her faster father, who beings

to teach her how to read.

Plot: 2 pointsWhat is the rising action?

When Hans gets sent away to fight in the war.

Plot: 3 pointsWhat is the Climax?

At the end of the novel when Himmel Street gets bombed

and all of Liesel’s family dies. She is the only one left

Plot: 4 pointsType the question here.

Type the answer here

Plot: 5 pointsType the question here.

Type the answer here

Vocab: 1 pointA person who breaks the

law or moral code.

transgressor

Vocab: 2 pointsDisrespectful, shallow

Flippant

Vocab: 3 pointsFeeling of evil to come

foreboding

Topic 4: 4 pointsContinuing forever

perpetual

Vocab: 5 pointsUnpleasantly loud or

harsh

raucous

Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!