Characters
German vocabulary
Identify the figurative language.
What do these have in common?
Miscellaneous
200
This character is the narrator of the novel.
Who is Death?
200

Saumensch

What is pig girl?

200

The sky was murky and deep like quicksand.

What is simile?

200

Shops, synagogues, Reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people, and books.

What are things that were burned by the Nazis?

200

Biased information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause.

What is propaganda?

400
This character plays the accordion and rolls cigarettes.
Who is Hans?
400

Himmel.

What is heaven?

400

[The carrot] broke his teeth with every bite.

What is hyperbole?

400

Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch.

What are Rosa's insults?

400

This is the concentration camp near Molching.

What is Dachau?

600

He is the Jewish fist-fighter.

Who is Max?

600

Mein Kampf.

What is a my struggle?

600

The words lolled about in his mouth as he read them.

What is personification?

600

The Grave Diggers Handbook," "The Shoulder Shrug,"  

What are books stolen by Liesel?

600

Papa's instrument.

What is the accordion?

800

The gold-medal olympian runner that Rudy idolizes.

Who is Jesse Owens?

800

Schiller Strasse.

What is the road of yellow stars?

800
The title of the book that Liesel steals from the fire.
What is The Shoulder Shrug?
800

Mein Kampf. One small razor. A spoon—the closest thing to a mirror. Shaving cream. A pair of scissors.

What are things that Max receives for his escape?

800

This is what Liesel is given when she can't read for a test.

What is a beating?

1000

The Aryan shopkeeper.

Who is Frau Diller?

1000

Watschen.

What is a good hiding?

1000

[The grin] ran across his face like a skid. 

What is personification and simile?

1000

Apples, potatoes, onions and one book.

What are things Liesel and Rudy steal?

1000
How old Rosa was when she left school.

What is the 3rd grade?

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