Q 01/05

Which unusual narrator tells Liesel Meminger's story in Markus Zusak's novel The Book Thief?

A) Fate

B) Death

C) Time

D) Hunger

Answer · why

B) Death

Death narrates the whole novel, and Zusak scrapped an early draft in which the narrator enjoyed his work too much before starting again.

Q 02/05

Which instrument does Liesel's foster father Hans Hubermann play in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief?

A) Harmonica

B) Violin

C) Accordion

D) Trumpet

Answer · why

C) Accordion

Accordion music is Hans's gift, and he also helps Liesel learn to read, writing every word they master on a wall at home.

Q 03/05

Which Olympic champion does Rudy Steiner imitate, blackened with charcoal, in The Book Thief?

A) Jim Thorpe

B) Carl Lewis

C) Ralph Metcalfe

D) Jesse Owens

Answer · why

D) Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens became Rudy's hero after Zusak, hunting for footballers of the era at his local library, saw the sprinter on the cover of an Olympics book...

Q 04/05

Which composer earned an Oscar nomination for scoring the 2013 film of The Book Thief?

A) John Williams

B) Hans Zimmer

C) Howard Shore

D) Alexandre Desplat

Answer · why

A) John Williams

John Williams wrote the score, his first since 2005 for a film not directed by Steven Spielberg; it was also nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

Q 05/05

An elderly Liesel dies in the suburbs of which city, Markus Zusak's hometown, in The Book Thief?

A) Melbourne

B) Sydney

C) Brisbane

D) Adelaide

Answer · why

B) Sydney

Sydney is where Liesel ends her long life and where Zusak was born and raised; one early page he wrote had a modern-day thief of books there.